From patchwork Wed Jun 24 13:19:04 2026 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Robert P. J. Day" X-Patchwork-Id: 90843 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48862CDB479 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:19:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc01-g2.6898.1782307153078247018 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:19:13 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=d5AYRtcv; spf=pass (domain: crashcourse.ca, ip: 199.212.143.9, mailfrom: rpjday@crashcourse.ca) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=Ax59f6DZt0oX2PKYMdC32uKkgFtjfm3Ny1zhkTJF08k=; b=d5AYRtcvNmj7mO9CamEFYWJmuY dPGNw2eTXNtfVqTw1oPofhr1tr9MlSgg5vXc7ufwWFxcusyYAu5LmRefYiMvM2U0MQUV6xPDcIcdT sHXM74fMoqOOlv4SnxnaJPWfotOEt9hh1ZvPAQM+ERYzkcuaXJmT4jXnDRU2SikeqNSZJeihX30B9 fkPsOZj2y421x/EfUUOZ2wvVxP66dLiYCrdUmNeJ9Bh+UuMo8VObgPDxgyM/6bWkqAPiCu0OkG8my wls042BpnCMnkiiyFTjFW5kxkUshoxydbzRDNRk2PxL0An2NhqjCkwrk/YahV5i2SzwjB/dseZm3b FNijeSRw==; Received: from bras-base-otwaon0916w-grc-51-67-71-147-190.dsl.bell.ca ([67.71.147.190]:52048 helo=trixie) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.99.4) (envelope-from ) id 1wcNVW-0000000FaDA-03DY for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:19:11 -0400 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:19:04 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: [PATCH v2] ref-manual: under meta/files entry, mention Wic files Message-ID: <6d348bc4-6069-0544-0e68-80af8d34ad82@crashcourse.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel10.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel10.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel10.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:19:17 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/9867 Add a reference to Wic files under meta/files, and add a link to the section on Wic files in the Development Tasks Manual. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/structure.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/structure.rst index ff84b250b..6d5017f30 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/structure.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/structure.rst @@ -868,7 +868,10 @@ layer. --------------- This directory contains common license files and several text files used -by the build system. The text files contain minimal device information +by the build system, as well as +:ref:`Wic files ` +that define the layouts of the images produced by the build. +The text files contain minimal device information and lists of files and directories with known permissions. .. _structure-meta-lib: