Installing Debian's 1.5.14 package from http://packages.debian.org/sid/dictionaries-common worked for me.
Their patch[1] is a little more complicated than Brian Carlson's one as it tries to take into account 2 Gnu Emacs versions and Xemacs. See http://git.debian.org/?p=dict-common/dictionaries-common.git;a=commitdiff;h=6923a768933b92c68fbd5bcaa04021c1d5c5a6e4
Installing Debian's 1.5.14 package from http:// packages. debian. org/sid/ dictionaries- common worked for me.
Their patch[1] is a little more complicated than Brian Carlson's one as it tries to take into account 2 Gnu Emacs versions and Xemacs. See http:// git.debian. org/?p= dict-common/ dictionaries- common. git;a=commitdif f;h=6923a768933 b92c68fbd5bcaa0 4021c1d5c5a6e4