Links to web pages are broken.

[Georg-Johann Lay]

Am 10.11.22 um 16:25 schrieb Jonathan Wakely:
> On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 at 15:23, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 at 15:17, Georg-Johann Lay <avr@gjlay.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 10.11.22 um 16:05 schrieb Martin Liška:
>>>> On 11/10/22 15:45, Georg-Johann Lay wrote:
>>>>> Hi, I just observed that links like
>>>>>
>>>>> https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html
>>>>>
>>>>> ceased to work.  Presumably this is to sphinx stuff, but it would be
>>>>> great if not hundreds of links across the web to GCC pages like the
>>>>> above would be 404.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know that the new link is
>>>>>
>>>>> https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configuration.html
>>>>>
>>>>> but that doesn't help with existing pointers.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Deep" links like https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configuration.html#avr
>>>>>
>>>>> won't work either, so all reasonable anchors have been ditched, too?
>>>>>
>>>>> Johann
>>>>
>>>> Hello.
>>>>
>>>> We're working on that and we'll create a redirection:
>>>> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=107610
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for pointing out.
>>>>
>>>> Martin
>>>
>>> Ok thanks, I left a note there.
>>
>> The second part of your note about deep links into the new docs is a
>> completely separate issue. That can't be fixed with HTTP redirects for
>> the old URLs.
> 
> And there are still anchors, they're just different:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configuration.html#cmdoption-with-avrlibc
> Now there are anchors to every single option, which is much better
> than it used to be.

Yes, its nice.  But existing links are still invalidated.  Just take 
some tutorial that explains how to set up gcc, where you want to provide 
references that are point-on and not just "gcc.gnu.org".

Does this also mean that "deep" links to onlinedocs won't work any more?

Johann