[CI:DOCS] Fix docs/version-check always requesting updates

As suggested by @edsantiago, the complex script and direct-link in the
docs are adding little value while increasing the CI maintenance burden.
Simply retire the script and strip the direct (versioned) links from the
docs.

Signed-off-by: Chris Evich <cevich@redhat.com>

contrib/cirrus/runner.sh

@@ -275,8 +275,6 @@ function _run_altbuild() {
         *Windows*)
             make podman-remote-release-windows_amd64.zip
             make podman.msi
-            # TODO: Script is broken, see #17620 for possible fix.
-            # docs/version-check
             ;;
         *Without*)
             make build-no-cgo

docs/tutorials/mac_win_client.md

@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ The remote client uses a client-server model. You need Podman installed on a Lin
 
 ### Windows
 
-Installing the Windows Podman client begins by downloading the Podman Windows installer. The Windows installer is built with each Podman release and is downloadable from its [release description page](https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/latest).  The Windows installer file is named `podman-#.#.#-setup.exe`, where the `#` symbols represent the version number of Podman.
+Installing the Windows Podman client begins by downloading the Podman Windows installer. The Windows installer is built with each Podman release and is downloadable from its [release description page](https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/latest). The Windows installer file is named `podman-#.#.#-setup.exe`, where the `#` symbols represent the version number of Podman.
-As of 2023-02-21 the latest version is [v4.4.1](https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/download/v4.4.1/podman-4.4.1-setup.exe).
 
 Once you have downloaded the installer to your Windows host, simply double click the installer and Podman will be installed.  The path is also set to put `podman` in the default user path.
 

docs/tutorials/podman-for-windows.md

@@ -40,11 +40,9 @@ Installing Podman
 Installing the Windows Podman client begins by downloading the Podman Windows
 installer. The Windows installer is built with each Podman release and can be
 downloaded from the official
- [Github release page](https://github.com/containers/podman/releases). The
+ [Github release page](https://github.com/containers/podman/releases).
-Windows installer file is named podman-#.#.#-setup.exe, where the # symbols
+Be sure to download a 4.1 or later release for the capabilities discussed
-represent the version number of Podman. Be sure to download a 4.1 or later
+in this guide.
-release for the capabilities discussed in this guide.
-As of 2023-02-21 the latest version is [v4.4.1](https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/download/v4.4.1/podman-4.4.1-setup.exe).
 
 ![Installing Podman 4.1.0](podman-win-install.jpg)
 

docs/version-check

@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# docs/version-check - cross-check that doc pages link to latest version
-#
-# As of 2022-11-10 this is only useful for Windows, but I think it'd be
-# nice to be able to auto-update more pages with up-to-date links. If
-# we do that, there are some exe assumptions that need to be cleaned up.
-#
-ME=$(basename $0)
-
-URLBASE="https://github.com/containers/podman"
-
-docfiles=(
-    docs/tutorials/mac_win_client.md
-    docs/tutorials/podman-for-windows.md
-)
-
-set -eo pipefail
-
-function warn() {
-    echo "$ME: $*" >&2
-}
-
-if [[ -n "$CIRRUS_CI" ]]; then
-
-  # Setup check: exit gracefully unless we're in the desired environment
-  if [[ -n "$CIRRUS_PR" ]]; then
-      warn "we don't run on PRs"
-      exit 0
-  fi
-
-  if [[ "$CIRRUS_CRON" != "main" ]]; then
-      warn "Only meaningful in CI when CIRRUS_CRON=main (it is '$CIRRUS_CRON')"
-      exit 0
-  fi
-
-fi
-
-# No sense running on release branches
-current_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
-if [[ "$current_branch" != "main" ]]; then
-    warn "only meaningful on 'main' (current branch is '$current_branch')"
-    if [[ ! -t 0 ]]; then
-        exit 0
-    fi
-fi
-
-# Okay. Fetch the highest-sorting tag. THIS MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS THE NEWEST!
-LATEST=$(git ls-remote --tags --refs --sort="v:refname" "${URLBASE}.git" \
-             | sed 's/.*\///' \
-             | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' \
-             | tail -n1)
-
-echo LATEST=$LATEST
-
-# The "#v" thing strips leading "v", because filename is numbers only
-exe="${URLBASE}/releases/download/${LATEST}/podman-${LATEST#v}-setup.exe"
-
-# EXE must exist. The convoluted {}||: is to handle errors gracefully
-rc=
-{
-    found=$(curl --head --silent -o /dev/null --write-out '%{http_code}' $exe)
-    rc=$?
-} || :
-
-if [[ $rc -ne 0 ]]; then
-    warn "FATAL: curl failed, rc=$rc, on $exe"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [[ $found = 404 ]]; then
-    warn "FATAL: Windows EXE missing: $exe"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Expect 200 or 3xx; anything else is an error
-if [[ ! $found =~ ^[23] ]]; then
-    warn "FATAL: Windows EXE: HTTP code $found on $exe"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Cross-check all doc files for an up-to-date "latest version is" line.
-fail=0
-as_of='^As of .* the latest version is'
-for md in ${docfiles[*]}; do
-    as_of_match=$(grep -E "$as_of" $md)
-    if [[ -z "$as_of_match" ]]; then
-        warn "$md does not have an 'As of ... the latest version is' line"
-        fail=1
-        continue
-    fi
-
-    md_latest=$(sed -ne 's;^.* version is \[\(.*\)\](.*;\1;' <<<"$as_of_match")
-    if [[ -n "$md_latest" ]]; then
-        warn "$md: No version found in '$as_of_match'"
-        fail=1
-        continue
-    fi
-
-    if [[ "$md_latest" != "$LATEST" ]]; then
-        warn "$md: needs updating."
-        # Running interactively? Do it.
-        if [[ -t 0 ]]; then
-            today=$(date --iso-8601=date)
-            sed -i "s;$as_of.*\$;As of $today the latest version is \[$LATEST\]\($exe\).;" $md
-        else
-            warn "Please run this script in an interactive shell, and I'll fix it."
-            fail=1
-        fi
-    fi
-done
-
-if [[ $fail -ne 0 ]] && [[ -t 0 ]]; then
-    git status --untracked=no
-fi
-
-exit $fail