Gradle linkCheck task fails when whatsNew.html is not generated in non-CHANNEL builds

When running
gradle installers
(or other stages of the build after linkCheck happens) the build fails because linkCheck fails due to a missing link found in help/help/html/menus/desktopMenu.html line 92 (a link to ../whatsNew.html) as whatsNew.html does not get created under build/resources/help_build for non-channel builds.
At least a stub whatsNew.html should be made.