[bug #64758] accommodate old hyperlinks to groff Texinfo manual

[Dave]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #64758 (project groff):

[comment #2 comment #2:]
> The problem here is, what if people linked to a node in the
> groff 1.22.4 Texinfo manual that didn't have any content in it?
> 
> That seems unlikely.

Right, it's an edge case.

> And working around it by _adding_ a deliberately-empty node to
> the groff 1.23.0 Texinfo manual seems like a bit of ugliness
> not warranted by the case at issue.

True, if the framework requires a new stub in the manual, I agree it's a bad
design.  I presumed (though didn't explain this is what I meant) there's a way
to create a generic "This node no longer exists" page on the web site that all
those links could redirect to, without having to alter the manual.  But yeah,
the "problem" is only worth solving if the solution is trivial.


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