portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://x11-misc/xnots-0.2.1-r2:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://x11-misc/xnots-0.2.1-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 40.47 Kb xnots-0.2.1.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://x11-misc/xnots-0.2.1-r2
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-vim-syntax"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://x11-misc/xnots-0.2.1-r2
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
40.47 Kb to be downloaded.