1700 2002-12-12 14:43:45 +0300 preuninstall script turns dictd off 2003-08-25 15:18:37 +0400 1 1 4 Development Sisyphus dict-eng-deu unstable all Linux CLOSED FIXED P5 major --- 1 vanyaz alexd viy oldest_to_newest 1546 0 vanyaz 2002-12-12 14:43:45 +0300 So even if other dictionaries are installed, after removing this single dictionary, dictd gets stopped and turned off (removed from the startup services list). That makes it not possible to use the remaining dictionaries. --- $ rpm -qa \'dict*\' dict-deu-eng-0.2-alt1 dict-1.8.0-alt1 dictd-1.8.0-alt1 dict-jargon-4.3.1-alt1 dict-engcom-0.4-alt1 dict-web1913-1.4_0.47pd-ipl4 dict-tools-1.8.0-alt1 dict-mueller7-utf8-1.2-alt2 dict-eng-deu-0.2-alt1 $ dict otherwise # you get the answer from localhost, dictd is running $ apt-get remove dict-eng-deu Reading Package Lists... Done Collecting File Provides... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Starting Starting 2 Done The following packages will be REMOVED: dict-eng-deu 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 removed and 191 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 3193kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Executing RPM (/bin/rpm -e --fancypercent --nodeps)... Stopping dictd daemon: [ OK ] $ chkconfig --list dictd # it used to be turned on dictd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off $ dict otherwise # you can\'t connect to localhost\'s server, you get the answer from dict.org (configured in /etc/dict.conf). --- preuninstall scriptlet (through /bin/sh): /usr/sbin/dictdconfig -w if [ $1 = 0 ]; then /sbin/chkconfig --del dictd ||: /sbin/service dictd condstop ||: fi 4574 1 vanyaz 2002-12-12 14:56:46 +0300 dict-eng-deu-0.2-alt1 7939 2 vanyaz 2002-12-12 14:56:46 +0300 dict-eng-deu-0.2-alt1 4575 3 vanyaz 2002-12-12 14:56:57 +0300 dict-eng-deu-0.2-alt1 7940 4 vanyaz 2002-12-12 14:56:57 +0300 dict-eng-deu-0.2-alt1 4576 5 alexd 2003-02-04 19:58:29 +0300 fixed in dict-eng-deu-0.2-alt2 7941 6 alexd 2003-02-04 19:58:29 +0300 fixed in dict-eng-deu-0.2-alt2