Documentation issue, applies to all configurations, both on master and
5.1 testing branches.
The links to GNU downloads in the docs are broken. The downloads have
been unavailable over plain FTP for over 2 years now.
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub is disabled, and accessing the downloads over
HTTPS is the current way.
Patch against master below, not including the files that get rebuilt by
make.
/Daniels
From 37de0b6a861a5f7b6bd63565968ad9a454219565 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniels Umanovskis
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 10:15:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: update links to GNU downloads
---
doc/FAQ | 4 ++--
doc/bash.1 | 2 +-
doc/bashref.texi | 2 +-
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ
index 104d0bc1..bd57b9e0 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ
+++ b/doc/FAQ
@@ -153,12 +153,12 @@ master GNU archive site, ftp.gnu.org, and its
mirrors. The
latest version is also available for FTP from ftp.cwru.edu.
The following URLs tell how to get version 4.3:
-ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/bash-4.3.tar.gz
+https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/bash-4.3.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/bash-4.3.tar.gz
Formatted versions of the documentation are available with the URLs:
-ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/bash-doc-4.3.tar.gz
+https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/bash-doc-4.3.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/bash-doc-4.3.tar.gz
Any patches for the current version are available with the URL:
diff --git a/doc/bash.1 b/doc/bash.1
index e6cd08db..ea5fea50 100644
--- a/doc/bash.1
+++ b/doc/bash.1
@@ -10914,7 +10914,7 @@ make sure that it really is a bug, and that it
appears in the latest
version of
.BR bash .
The latest version is always available from
-\fIftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/\fP.
+\fIhttps://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/\fP.
.PP
Once you have determined that a bug actually exists, use the
.I bashbug
diff --git a/doc/bashref.texi b/doc/bashref.texi
index d33cd571..0fc468e2 100644
--- a/doc/bashref.texi
+++ b/doc/bashref.texi
@@ -8706,7 +8706,7 @@ But first, you should
make sure that it really is a bug, and that it appears in the latest
version of Bash.
The latest version of Bash is always available for FTP from
-@uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/}.
+@uref{https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/}.
Once you have determined that a bug actually exists, use the
@code{bashbug} command to submit a bug report.
--
2.20.1
