Re: [PATCH 0/6] wic/help: Refresh wic create help and usage strings

Trevor Woerner <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:53:04 -0400
Newsgroups org.yoctoproject.lists.yocto-patches
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu 2026-07-02 @ 06:44:18 AM, Gaël PORTAY wrote:
> Hello maintainers,
> 
> That patch series refreshes a bit the help and usage strings for wic
> create.
> 
> The first patch removes the removed option --infile, while the following
> two patches list the missing options --no-fstab-update and --workdir as
> compared to `wic create` output:
> 
> 	usage: wic create [-h] [-o OUTDIR] [-w WORKDIR] [-e IMAGE_NAME]
> 	                  [-r ROOTFS_DIR] [-b BOOTIMG_DIR]
> 	                  [-k KERNEL_DIR] [-n NATIVE_SYSROOT] [-s] [-f]
> 	                  [-c {gzip,bzip2,xz}] [-m] [--no-fstab-update]
> 	                  [-v VARS_DIR] [-D] [-i IMAGER]
> 	                  [--extra-space EXTRA_SPACE]
> 	                  [--sector-size SECTOR_SIZE]
> 	                  wks_file
> 	wic create: error: the following arguments are required: wks_file
> 
> The fourth patch fixes inconsistent output between options by replacing
> the character `|' to `,'.
> 
> The fifth patch updates the output of command `wic create` that is
> hardcoded in the overview help string.
> 
> And the last patch outputs option capitalized values that are missing
> for options requiring a value; also, it ensure the lines are wrapped to
> 80-characters.
> 
> Regards,
> Gaël PORTAY (6):
>   wic/help: Drop removed --infile option from help string
>   wic/help: List missing option --no-fstab-update to usage string
>   wic/help: List missing option --workdir usage string
>   wic/help: Use comma to list short and long options
>   wic/help: Refresh output of create command in overview help string
>   wic/help: Add missing option values and rewrap lines
> 
>  src/wic/help.py | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

This patchset merged to wic, master branch.
Thanks!