portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://x11-wm/ratpoison-1.4.9-r3:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://x11-libs/libXtst-1.2.5
│ └─ file ─┤ 284.91 Kb libXtst-1.2.5.tar.xz
│ download portage://x11-wm/ratpoison-1.4.9-r3
│ └─ file ─┤ 308.19 Kb ratpoison-1.4.9.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://x11-libs/libXtst-1.2.5
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-doc"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://x11-libs/libXtst-1.2.5
└─step 4─┤ install portage://x11-wm/ratpoison-1.4.9-r3
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "history xft xrandr -debug -emacs -sloppy"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://x11-wm/ratpoison-1.4.9-r3
Total: 6 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 2 runs), grouped into 5 steps.
593.10 Kb to be downloaded.