GENERATE_LICENSING_BOM(1)

💖 GENERATE_LICENSING_BOM 💖

okay bestie, so we're talking about generate_licensing_bom, which lives in the User Commands section of the manual (that's section 1, iykyk). It's a whole little program and it does exactly one iconic thing, and that thing is:

✨ NAME ✨

generate_licensing_bom — Generate license BOM 💅

like. that's it. that's the job. generating a license BOM. no notes, no drama, it just does the thing. 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

here's the vibe when you summon it, no cap:

usage: generate_licensing_bom [-h] [-d DIR] [-o OUT] [-s DPKG_STATUS]
              [-v VERBOSE]

so yeah, it takes a little stack of optional flags and then it goes and does its lil license-BOM magic. let's get into the receipts 👑

🎀 options:

the full menu, bestie. every single one, don't skip a line:

• -h, --help — shows this help message and then dips out. the classic "I don't know her" exit. 🙈
• -d, --dir DIR — the directory it should go rummaging around in looking for information. give it a DIR to search, and it will search it. 🔍
• -o, --out OUT — the output file. where the whole thing lands when it's done. your lil artifact. 💾
• -s, --dpkg-status DPKG_STATUS — the dpkg status file, specified as DPKG_STATUS. yep, that dpkg status file. you know the one. 📦
• -v, --verbose VERBOSE — how chatty it gets in the output. it's a VERBOSE level, and the levels are:
  • 0: image 🖼️
  • 1: package 📦
  • 2: binary ⚙️
  • 3: source 📜

so like, 0 is the quietest / highest-level view and 3 gets all the way down into the source. pick your level of nosiness. 💅

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the full documentation for generate_licensing_bom is maintained as a Texinfo manual (yes, texinfo, she's classy like that 👑). so if the info program and the generate_licensing_bom program are both properly installed at your site, then this command:

info generate_licensing_bom

should give you access to the complete manual. that's the whole treasure map, bestie. 🗺️💖

no frfr, if the docs aren't showing up, it's probz an installation thing — the manual says "properly installed at your site" for a reason. check that first. 🧚

and that's the tea ☕ this little legend is generate_licensing_bom version 0.0.202..., dated January 2026, and it's living its best life in the GENERATE_LICENSING_BOM(1) page of the User Commands manual. slay, honestly. 💅✨🦋🌈⭐