Bug 8821

Summary: OpenEmbedded Kickstart (.wks) Reference doesn't mention how to create an empty partition
Product: [Documentation] Development Manual Reporter: Joshua Lock <joshuagloe>
Component: developmentAssignee: Ed Bartosh <eduard.bartosh>
Status: VERIFIED FIXED QA Contact: Bogdan Alexandru Voiculescu <bogdanx.a.voiculescu>
Severity: normal    
Priority: Medium CC: bogdanx.a.voiculescu
Version: 2.0   
Target Milestone: 2.1   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Multiple   
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto: --- Type of Regression: ---
Verified: Documentation change: Yes (doc changes required)

Description Joshua Lock 2015-12-16 15:52:37 UTC 
After reading the dev manual section on Creating Partitioned Images and wic I was left with the impression that I wouldn't be able to create empty partitions.

I thought this would be a common usage and was able to find this *is* supported by reading the source (and discovering `wic help kickstart`).

https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/scripts/lib/wic/help.py#n663

It would be great to document this in the "5.6.8 OpenEmbedded Kickstart (.wks) Reference"[1] section of the development manual and explicitly refer to the built in kickstart help (wic help kickstart) somewhere, such as the "5.6.3 Getting Help"[2] or "5.6.8 OpenEmbedded Kickstart (.wks) Reference"[1]

1. https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.0/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#openembedded-kickstart-wks-reference
2. https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.0/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#wic-getting-help
Comment 1 Ed Bartosh 2016-01-05 13:13:04 UTC 
Patch has been sent for review: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/pipermail/yocto/2016-January/027922.html
Comment 2 Ed Bartosh 2016-01-07 11:20:19 UTC 
The change is in the documentation now: http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#openembedded-kickstart-wks-reference
Comment 3 Bogdan Alexandru Voiculescu 2016-01-11 15:20:44 UTC 
Verified on latest dev manual
http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#command-part-or-partition