Bug 1212367 - Words package breaks look(1) by not creating /usr/share/dict/words symlink
Summary: Words package breaks look(1) by not creating /usr/share/dict/words symlink
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
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Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed
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Component: Other (show other bugs)
Version: Current
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Reported: 2023-06-14 12:59 UTC by Kostas Peletidis
Modified: 2023-06-14 13:12 UTC (History)
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Description Kostas Peletidis 2023-06-14 12:59:16 UTC 
The look(1) utility is broken on Tumbleweed because it cannot find the /usr/share/dict/words symlink:

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$ ll /usr/share/dict/
total 3100
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3172743 Feb 13 16:43 american

$ look look
look: /usr/share/dict/words: No such file or directory
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If I point /usr/share/dict/words to /usr/share/dict/american look(1) works fine.

According to the words package information the dictionary is supposed to "be installed as /usr/share/dict/american and linked to /usr/share/dict/words" so the creation of the symlink looks like something the package script(s) should be doing post-installation.
Comment 1 Kostas Peletidis 2023-06-14 13:12:22 UTC 
After removing and reinstalling the words package the symlink was created correctly. Since this issue cannot be reproduced I don't think there is any point in having this bug report open.