Re: Broken Urls present on the official PostgreSQL website (as reported by the Testing Harness Suite)

On 7/24/23 1:40 PM, Akshat Jaimini wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Our Testing Harness Suite
> <https://github.com/destrex271/pgweb-testing-harness/actions/runs/5647803781> (being developed under GSoC'23) has found some broken links on the official postgresql website. I am attaching the logs generated below.
>
> The broken links present in the log file attached below are:
>
> --- Links to external sites -----
> 1. https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/pgstandby.html
> <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/pgstandby.html> : 404 :
> On Page https://www.postgresql.org/about/featurematrix/
> <https://www.postgresql.org/about/featurematrix/>
> 2. https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/tsearch2.html
> <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/tsearch2.html> : 404 :
> On Page https://www.postgresql.org/about/featurematrix/
> <https://www.postgresql.org/about/featurematrix/>
> 3. https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/postgresql
> <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/postgresql> : 404 : On Page
> https://www.postgresql.org/download/macosx/
> <https://www.postgresql.org/download/macosx/>
> 4. http://www.digitbooks.fr/catalogue/9782815001984.html
> <http://www.digitbooks.fr/catalogue/9782815001984.html> : 404 : On Page
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/books/
> <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/books/>
> 5. http://www.digitbooks.fr/catalogue/9782815001809.html
> <http://www.digitbooks.fr/catalogue/9782815001809.html> : 404 : On Page
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/books/
> <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/books/>
> 6.
> https://www.editions-eni.fr/Livres/PostgreSQL---administration-et-exploitation-d-rsquoune-base-de-donnees-2eme-edition-/.4_3a6222cf-b921-41f5-886c-c989f77ba994_710d51ac-760b-4aeb-a66a-55d146b69983_1_0_d9bd8b5e-f324-473f-b1fc-b41b421c950f.html <https://www.editions-eni.fr/Livres/PostgreSQL---administration-et-exploitation-d-rsquoune-base-de-donnees-2eme-edition-/.4_3a6222cf-b921-41f5-886c-c989f77ba994_710d51ac-760b-4aeb-a66a-55d146b69983_1_0_d9bd8b5e-f324-473f-b1fc-b41b421c950f.html> : 404 : On Page https://www.postgresql.org/docs/books/ <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/books/>
> 7. https://www.commandprompt.com/ppbook/
> <https://www.commandprompt.com/ppbook/> : 404 : On Page
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/books/
> <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/books/>

Thanks -- this is a great report and I'm glad the test harness suite can
catch this!

There's already a patch to remove the 404s on the books[1]; I can take
care of the feature matrix broken links later today.

Thanks,

Jonathan

[1]
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/548027CC-7FCC-4B60-BB93-69DD7733B921%40yesql.se