Dictd warns about unspecified locale

[PeterPall]

Binary package hint: dictd

Hello, there!

When dictd is installed - or reconfigured using "dpkg-reconfigure -plow dictd" the following line of /etc/default/dictd is commented out during configuration of the package:

#DICTD_ARGS="$DICTD_ARGS --locale=en_US.utf-8"

The locale in the commented-out line is automatically adapted to the current locale of the system.

The following line is uncommented instead:
DICTD_ARGS=""

Even if dictd still seems to support Umlaute on my system when the locale setting is commented out any dictionary for dictd I install produces the following warning:

   The parameter --locale=xx_YY.utf-8 was not set in your /etc/default/dictd,
   so after installing this package dictd may stop working.

Since Ubuntu has switched to UTF-8 long ago it would be rather simple to get rid of this warning by uncommenting the other line instead.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jan 8 21:53:01 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
Package: dictd 1.11.2+dfsg-1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-9.13-generic
SourcePackage: dictd
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-9-generic i686

[dino99 (9d9)]

is it still a problem ?

http://www.iloveubuntu.net/may-9th-2013-sees-end-life-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron-server-ubuntu-1004-lucid-lynx-desktop-and-ubuntu

[PeterPall (peterpall)]

In the current version of raring the problem is still there and now results in a warning that dictd might stop working "after installing this package" which it doesn't seem to do, though.

[dino99 (9d9)]

The dictd package comments say that both dict-gcide & dict-wn should be also installed, but are simply "suggested"; so check your installation about these two packages.
As that report is about a no more maintained distro, you should report (via ubuntu-bug) a new raring bug with all the apport details.

So closing that one.