Bug 2342818

Summary:	Dictionary client no longer works out of the box in F41
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Ingo van Lil <inguin>
Component:	dictd	Assignee:	Carlos Rodriguez-Fernandez <carlosrodrifernandez>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	41	CC:	carlosrodrifernandez, mcepl
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Description Ingo van Lil 2025-01-29 15:15:29 UTC

The dict utility (dictionary client) no longer works out of the box in Fedora 41. It only shows the message:

> 'dict.conf' doesn't specify any dict server

Older versions of dict had a builtin fallback to use dict.org if no servers are specified in the config file or on the command line. This feature was removed in version 1.13.0:

https://github.com/cheusov/dictd/commit/1c167244d9227e7944f85dfc45bed613c07cefb5

The solution is to add a config file /etc/dict.conf with the line "server dict.org".

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
> dict nonexistent
Actual Results:  
'dict.conf' doesn't specify any dict server

Expected Results:  
3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
[...]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
[...]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thesaurus]:
[...]

Comment 1 Carlos Rodriguez-Fernandez 2025-01-29 15:24:29 UTC

Thank you for the detailed report! I'll take a look.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2025-01-30 05:56:01 UTC

FEDORA-2025-d7c04577f2 (dictd-1.13.1-5.fc41) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 41.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-d7c04577f2

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2025-01-31 04:33:56 UTC

FEDORA-2025-d7c04577f2 has been pushed to the Fedora 41 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-d7c04577f2`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-d7c04577f2

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2025-02-14 01:35:13 UTC

FEDORA-2025-d7c04577f2 (dictd-1.13.1-5.fc41) has been pushed to the Fedora 41 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.