From 2e78b20fe9783c201e6972564fdfaf9299fc9ee0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 15:48:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: use a Sphinx extension to eliminate excessive links
 (GH-145130) (cherry picked from commit
 15f6479c415cc6cd219cd25c1d94bab17d720cbc)

Co-authored-by: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>
---
 Doc/conf.py          | 1 +
 Doc/requirements.txt | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Doc/conf.py b/Doc/conf.py
index a4275835059efa..7466d8ac869803 100644
--- a/Doc/conf.py
+++ b/Doc/conf.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 # Skip if downstream redistributors haven't installed them
 _OPTIONAL_EXTENSIONS = (
+    'linklint.ext',
     'notfound.extension',
     'sphinxext.opengraph',
 )
diff --git a/Doc/requirements.txt b/Doc/requirements.txt
index d0107744ecbe85..536ae57e4efc29 100644
--- a/Doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/Doc/requirements.txt
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ sphinx-notfound-page~=1.0.0
 # to install that as well.
 python-docs-theme>=2023.3.1,!=2023.7
 
+linklint
+
 -c constraints.txt