diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 78103d36f00..3a37d20da25 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -80,10 +80,11 @@ multiversion: Makefile
sphinx-multiversion $(SPHINXOPTS) $(SOURCEDIR) $(BUILDDIR)/html
@echo Step 3: Deleting temporary commits
./make_help_scripts/delete_tmp_commits.py
- @echo Step 4: Create correct index
+ @echo Step 4: Create correct index + legacy master version
@echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/index.html
-# legacy, renaming Rolling version from "master" to "rolling"
- @mkdir -p "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master && echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master/index.html
+# legacy, renamed Rolling version from "master" to "rolling"
+ @cp -r "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/rolling/ "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master
+ @echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master/index.html
multiversion-with-errors: Makefile
@echo Building multi version documentation without API
@@ -93,10 +94,11 @@ multiversion-with-errors: Makefile
sphinx-multiversion $(SPHINXOPTS) -W --keep-going $(SOURCEDIR) $(BUILDDIR)/html
@echo Step 3: Deleting temporary commits
./make_help_scripts/delete_tmp_commits.py
- @echo Step 4: Create correct index
+ @echo Step 4: Create correct index + legacy master version
@echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/index.html
-# legacy, renaming Rolling version from "master" to "rolling"
- @mkdir -p "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master && echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master/index.html
+# legacy, renamed Rolling version from "master" to "rolling"
+ @cp -r "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/rolling/ "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master
+ @echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master/index.html
multiversion-with-api: Makefile
@echo Building multi version documentation with API
@@ -110,10 +112,11 @@ multiversion-with-api: Makefile
./make_help_scripts/delete_sub_repos.py
@echo Step 5: Building multiversion API
./make_help_scripts/create_api_multi_version.py
- @echo Step 6: Create correct index
+ @echo Step 4: Create correct index + legacy master version
@echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/index.html
-# legacy, renaming Rolling version from "master" to "rolling"
- @mkdir -p "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master && echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master/index.html
+# legacy, renamed Rolling version from "master" to "rolling"
+ @cp -r "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/rolling/ "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master
+ @echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master/index.html
.PHONY: help Makefile html-with-errors html-with-api multiversion multiversion-with-api multiversion-with-errors html-all-subrepos html-all-subrepos-with-api html-all-subrepos-with-errors linkcheck-all-subrepos-with-api