Dead link to docs in compile.sh error
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Description
### Page link:
https://bazel.build/designs/2016/10/11/distribution-artifact.html
### Problem description (include actual vs expected text, if applicable):
If you check out bazel from git and run `./compile.sh` you will get the following error:
```
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: This failure is likely occurring if you are trying to bootstrap bazel from
a developer checkout. Those checkouts do not include the generated output of
the protoc compiler (as we prefer not to version generated files).
* To build a developer version of bazel, do
bazel build //src:bazel
* To bootstrap your first bazel binary, please download a dist archive from our
release page at https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases and run
compile.sh on the unpacked archive.
The full install instructions to install a release version of bazel can be found
at https://bazel.build/install/compile-source
For a rationale, why the bootstrap process is organized in this way, see
https://bazel.build/designs/2016/10/11/distribution-artifact.html
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
```
However, the documentation link at the end goes to a 404 page.
### Where do you see this issue? (include link to specific section of the page, if applicable)
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### Any other information you'd like to share?
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Open compile.sh and locate the bootstrap error text containing the dead distribution-artifact.html link. Identify the current documentation destination, update the message, and confirm the replacement link resolves; the issue does not mention a specific test to run.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100