info command¶

The info command shows detailed information about package slices.

It complements the find command. Whereas the find command searches for existing slices, the info command takes in slice or package name(s) and displays the slice definition(s).

It accepts a whitespace-separated list of strings. The list can be composed of package names, slice names, or a combination of both. The default output format is YAML. When multiple arguments are provided, the output is a list of YAML documents separated by a --- line.

Slice definitions are shown according to their definition in the selected release. For example, globs are not expanded.

Options¶

--release is a chisel-releases repository branch or local directory (e.g. ubuntu-22.04).

Example¶

The following illustrates using the info command to inspect multiple slices:

user@host:~$

chisel info hello libgcc-s1_libs 2>logs

package: hello
archive: ubuntu
slices:
    bins:
        essential:
            - hello_copyright
            - libc6_libs
        contents:
            /usr/bin/hello: {}
    copyright:
        contents:
            /usr/share/doc/hello/copyright: {}
---
package: libgcc-s1
archive: ubuntu
slices:
    libs:
        essential:
            - libgcc-s1_copyright
            - libc6_libs
        contents:
            /usr/lib/*-linux-*/libgcc_s.so.*: {}