From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 22:44:49 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: doc:  document problems with using xreflabel in XML docs
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doc:  document problems with using xreflabel in XML docs

Reported-by: Peter Eisentraut

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Backpatch-through: master
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/README.links b/doc/src/sgml/README.links
index c8348896962..4181e0877b5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/README.links
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/README.links
@@ -47,3 +47,7 @@ Guidelines
   usually have xreflabels.
 
 - For an external link, use <ulink>, with or without link text.
+
+- xreflabels added to tags prevent the chapter/section for id's from being
+  referenced;  only the xreflabel is accessible.  Therefore, use xreflabels
+  only when linking is common, and chapter/section information is unneeded.