Ticket #4165 (closed bug: fixed)

Opened 3 years ago

Last modified 2 years ago

broken links in Cabal docs

Reported by: simonmar Owned by:
Priority: normal Milestone: 7.2.1
Component: Documentation Version: 6.12.3
Keywords: Cc: JoshBBall@…
Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Type of failure: Documentation bug Difficulty: Easy (less than 1 hour)
Test Case: Blocked By:
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Description

e.g.  http://darcs.haskell.org/download/docs/6.12.3/html/Cabal/authors.html#general-fields, the link for License is broken (looks like it is supposed to point to the library docs).

Change History

Changed 2 years ago by igloo

  • milestone changed from 7.0.1 to 7.0.2

Changed 2 years ago by sciolizer

  • cc JoshBBall@… added

I have submitted a correction for the greencard link to cabal-dev@….

The five remaining broken links are all Cabal links, and the problem is that they don't include the version of Cabal in the link. For instance, the documentation points to

 http://darcs.haskell.org/download/docs/6.12.3/html/libraries/Cabal/Distribution-License.html

but the latest documentation is at

 http://darcs.haskell.org/download/docs/6.12.3/html/libraries/Cabal-1.8.0.6/Distribution-License.html

I think it would be nice if we didn't have to put version dependent hyperlinks into the documentation. Is there a way to make Cabal redirect to Cabal-1.8.0.6 (or whatever the latest is)?

Changed 2 years ago by igloo

  • milestone changed from 7.0.2 to 7.2.1

Changed 2 years ago by igloo

  • status changed from new to closed
  • resolution set to fixed
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