[Assist] setting up dictd for localhost

edgar at openmail.cc edgar at openmail.cc
Fri Apr 26 17:45:34 GMT 2019


On 2019-04-21 17:08, edgar at openmail.cc wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have noticed that dictd only works when I connect to the Internet. I
> am running openrc.
> 
> When I type
>   $ dict -d gcide free
> with the network cable unplugged, I get
>   Cannot connect to any servers (use -v to see why)
> using the -v string tells me
>   $ dict -v -d gcide free
>     Configuration file:
>        server localhost
>        server dict.org
>     Cannot connect to any servers
> When I connect the network cable, I get a successful query
> 
> If I run
>    # dictd
> then, the query works without Internet connection.
> What am I missing? Thanks.

I am sorry for the noise, I just realised that the package that I have 
for dictd (dictd-openrc) comes from AUR, and that its files are in the 
wrong place.


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