_redirects in Nix manual is not picked up, leading to broken links
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Description
Links such as https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/language/constructs.html#functions are currently broken.
The redirect to nix.dev works, but we're serving a 404, despite _redirect being included in our nix#nix-manual output.
- Original report: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/13488
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Research direction
Start with doc/manual/source/_redirects and the nix#nix-manual output mentioned in the issue, then reproduce the 404 at the linked Nix manual URL. Compare the generated redirect handling with the working redirect to nix.dev and consult the original report. Done means the documented manual URL resolves instead of returning 404.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100