[PATCH] ref-manual: add WIC_CREATE_EXTRA_ARGS to var glossary

[PATCH] ref-manual: add WIC_CREATE_EXTRA_ARGS to var glossary

[Robert P. J. Day]

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>

---

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 0b61f77cb..1863fb21d 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -8600,6 +8600,21 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       can control with this variable, see the
       ":ref:`insane.bbclass <ref-classes-insane>`" section.

+   :term:`WIC_CREATE_EXTRA_ARGS`
+      Extra arguments to be added when running ``wic create``. Possibilities
+      can be seen by running ``wic help create``::
+
+         SYNOPSIS
+          wic create <wks file or image name> [-o <DIRNAME> | --outdir <DIRNAME>]
+           [-e | --image-name] [-s, --skip-build-check] [-D, --debug]
+           [-r, --rootfs-dir] [-b, --bootimg-dir]
+           [-k, --kernel-dir] [-n, --native-sysroot] [-f, --build-rootfs]
+           [-c, --compress-with] [-m, --bmap] [--no-fstab-update]
+
+      As an example, some Freescale configurations include the line::
+
+         WIC_CREATE_EXTRA_ARGS ?= "--no-fstab-update"
+
    :term:`WKS_FILE`
       Specifies the location of the Wic kickstart file that is used by the
       OpenEmbedded build system to create a partitioned image

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Re: [docs] [PATCH] ref-manual: add WIC_CREATE_EXTRA_ARGS to var glossary

[Quentin Schulz]

On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 04:52:47PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
> 
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> index 0b61f77cb..1863fb21d 100644
> --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> @@ -8600,6 +8600,21 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
>        can control with this variable, see the
>        ":ref:`insane.bbclass <ref-classes-insane>`" section.
> 
> +   :term:`WIC_CREATE_EXTRA_ARGS`
> +      Extra arguments to be added when running ``wic create``. Possibilities

Which is run when "wic" is in "IMAGE_FSTYPES" isn't it? I guess not
everyone explicitly calls `wic create` in their own image recipe?

Would it make sense to add this notion to the doc here?

Cheers,
Quentin

Re: [docs] [PATCH] ref-manual: add WIC_CREATE_EXTRA_ARGS to var glossary

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 27 May 2021, Quentin Schulz wrote:

> On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 04:52:47PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> > index 0b61f77cb..1863fb21d 100644
> > --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> > +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> > @@ -8600,6 +8600,21 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
> >        can control with this variable, see the
> >        ":ref:`insane.bbclass <ref-classes-insane>`" section.
> >
> > +   :term:`WIC_CREATE_EXTRA_ARGS`
> > +      Extra arguments to be added when running ``wic create``. Possibilities
>
> Which is run when "wic" is in "IMAGE_FSTYPES" isn't it? I guess not
> everyone explicitly calls `wic create` in their own image recipe?
>
> Would it make sense to add this notion to the doc here?

  yes, it would. coming ...

rday