portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://x11-misc/slim-1.4.0:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://x11-apps/sessreg-1.1.4
│ └─ file ─┤ 133.66 Kb sessreg-1.1.4.tar.xz
│ download portage://x11-misc/slim-1.4.0
│ └─ file ─┤ 517.89 Kb slim-1.4.0.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://x11-apps/sessreg-1.1.4
└─step 3─┤ run portage://x11-apps/sessreg-1.1.4
└─step 4─┤ install portage://x11-misc/slim-1.4.0
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "pam -branding"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://x11-misc/slim-1.4.0
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
651.55 Kb to be downloaded.