VOL-4865 - Fix broken links on the release notes page.

overview/releases.rst
---------------------
   o Refresh gerrit patch 33439 -- some changes already merged in.
   o Change refernece rst files to html to view the generated document.
   o Exclusions already added in config.py for the sphinx chicken-n-egg problem.

Added a new python 3.10+ patch so linkcheck could run to completion.

Add more config exclusions.

Change-Id: I586718b70afabbd78aeff3072fd301413f3e55c3
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ed53983..289559c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Create the virtualenv with all the tools installed
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: venv
+venv: $(VENV_NAME)
+
 $(VENV_NAME):
 	@echo
 	@echo "============================="