wire ~ # emerge -vp portage
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/sandbox-1.2.18.1-r2 [1.2.18.1] 232 kB
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/portage-2.1.4.4 [2.1.3.11] USE="-build -doc -epydoc (-selinux)" LINGUAS="-pl" 368 kB
*** Portage will stop merging at this point and reload itself,
then resume the merge.
[ebuild U ] app-shells/bash-3.2_p33 [3.2_p15-r1] USE="nls -afs -bashlogger -plugins% -vanilla" 2,564 kB
[blocks B ] <sys-apps/portage-2.1.4_rc1 (is blocking app-shells/bash-3.2_p33)
Total: 3 packages (3 upgrades, 1 block), Size of downloads: 3,162 kB