Bug 16332 - Yocto 6.0 Migration manual contains incorrect statement about wic plugins
Summary: Yocto 6.0 Migration manual contains incorrect statement about wic plugins
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: General Docs
Classification: Documentation
Component: docs-general (show other bugs)
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All Multiple
: Medium+ normal
Target Milestone: 6.1 M2
Assignee: Antonin Godard
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URL: https://docs.yoctoproject.org/next/mi...
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Reported: 2026-06-25 08:37 UTC by Pauli Heikkinen
Modified: 2026-06-30 19:21 UTC (History)
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Type of Regression: New (Never tested)
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Documentation change: Yes (doc changes required)

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Description Pauli Heikkinen 2026-06-25 08:37:20 UTC 
The Yocto 6.0 migration notes state:

> WIC related files such as WKS files or custom WIC plugins should be moved to the
> files/wic/ directory of the layer containing them.

...but that's not exactly true. While the WKS files should be moved, the wic plugins should not - they should be kept right where they have always been.

The development manual explains the correct location, but this sentence in the migration notes leads to confusion about which location is the right one for the plugins.
Comment 1 Antonin Godard 2026-06-25 09:54:02 UTC 
You're right, just to give an example here, meta-virtualization has:

files/wic
├── directdisk-bootloader-xen.cfg
├── directdisk-bootloader-xen.wks
├── directdisk-xen.wks
├── qemuboot-xen-x86-64.cfg
└── qemuboot-xen-x86-64.wks
scripts/lib/wic
└── plugins
    └── source
        └── bootimg_biosxen.py

I'll adjust the note, thanks!
Comment 3 Pauli Heikkinen 2026-06-30 19:20:59 UTC 
...and the patch seems to have been applied. Thanks!