add the following to local.conf:
IMAGE_FSTYPES+= " wic tar.bz2 "                                                                                               INHERIT += " rm_work "

get error like:
ERROR: core-image-minimal-1.0-r0 do_image_wic: Error executing a python function in exec_python_func()
autogenerated:

The stack trace of python calls that resulted in this exception/failure was:
File: 'exec_python_func() autogenerated', lineno: 2, function: <module>
     0001:
 *** 0002:extend_recipe_sysroot(d)
     0003:
File: '/big/src/myBugs/poky/meta/classes/staging.bbclass', lineno: 592, function: extend_recipe_sysroo$
     0588:                    dest = newmanifest[l]
     0589:                    if l.endswith("/"):
     0590:                        staging_copydir(l, targetdir, dest, seendirs)
     0591:                        continue
 *** 0592:                    staging_copyfile(l, targetdir, dest, postinsts, seendirs)
     0593:
     0594:    for f in fixme:
     0595:        if f == '':
     0596:            staging_processfixme(fixme[f], recipesysroot, recipesysroot, recipesysrootnative$
 d)
File: '/big/src/myBugs/poky/meta/classes/staging.bbclass', lineno: 233, function: staging_copyfile
     0229:        os.symlink(linkto, dest)
     0230:        #bb.warn(c)
     0231:    else:
     0232:        try:
 *** 0233:            os.link(c, dest)
     0234:        except OSError as err:
     0235:            if err.errno == errno.EXDEV:
     0236:                bb.utils.copyfile(c, dest)
     0237:            else:
Exception: FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/big/src/myBugs/RUN/PSEUDO-NATIVE/build/tmp/sysro$
ts-components/i586/glibc-initial/usr/lib/crtn.o' -> '/big/src/myBugs/RUN/PSEUDO-NATIVE/build/tmp/work/$
emux86-poky-linux/core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/recipe-sysroot/usr/lib/crtn.o'

ERROR: core-image-minimal-1.0-r0 do_image_wic: Function failed: extend_recipe_sysroot
ERROR: Logfile of failure stored in: /big/src/myBugs/RUN/PSEUDO-NATIVE/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linu
x/core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/temp/log.do_image_wic.33444
ERROR: Task (/big/src/myBugs/poky/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bb:do_image_wic) failed w
ith exit code '1'
NOTE: Tasks Summary: Attempted 3186 tasks of which 2487 didn't need to be rerun and 1 failed.