sk23audio bzk # emerge -tvuN world
>>> --tree implies --pretend... adding --pretend to options.

These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:

Calculating world dependencies... done!
[ebuild     U ] sys-devel/gcc-4.1.1-r1 [4.1.1] USE="fortran gcj gtk mudflap nls (-altivec) -bootstrap -build -doc (-hardened) -ip28 -ip32r10k (-multilib) -multislot (-n32) (-n64) -nocxx -objc -objc++ -objc-gc -test -vanilla" 45 kB 
[ebuild     U ] sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5 [4.8-r2] USE="nls -build -static" 0 kB 
[ebuild     U ] sys-apps/shadow-4.0.18.1 [4.0.15-r2] USE="cracklib nls pam -nousuid (-selinux) -skey" 1,480 kB 
[ebuild     U ] sys-apps/busybox-1.2.2.1 [1.2.1] USE="-debug -make-symlinks -netboot -savedconfig -static" 1,380 kB 
[ebuild     U ] app-arch/gzip-1.3.5-r10 [1.3.5-r9] USE="nls -build -pic -static" 0 kB 

Total size of downloads: 2,906 kB