Re: help identifying package for /usr/share/dict
On Mon 26 Mar 2018 at 23:18:05 (-0700), James Powell wrote:
> I was referred here by reportbug, which says
>
> "If you don't know what package the bug is in, please contact
> debian-user@lists.debian.org for assistance."
>
> I have a bug to report (see emails below) against /usr/share/dict but
> I'm unable to identify the specific Debian package responsible for
> this file. I looked at the source for wamerican and miscfiles and
> there's no obvious route from that source to the actual dict file.
>
> > From: Geoff Kuenning <geoff@cs.hmc.edu>
> > To: powellj@pdx.edu
> > Subject: Re: Ispell bug: mystery word 'ans' (common misspelling of 'and') in words
> > Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 19:48:51 -0700
> >
> > I don't see it in my master dictionaries. Apparently it's crept
> > into the Debian dictionary. "ANS" is a common acronym but I
> > couldn't find a definition for it as a word. So I agree that it
> > shouldn't be there, but unfortunately I don't know who the Debian
> > maintainers are.
> >
> > > (This may be an emacs bug)
> > >
> > > System: linux
> > > Version: Other
> > > Conditions:
> > >
> > >
> > > Description:
> > > The words file in /usr/share/dict (which you may not maintain,
> > > but I'm
> > > at a loss to find the maintainer) in Debian 9 includes the
> > > mystery
> > > word 'ans'. This is a common misspelling of 'and' and isn't in
> > > my
> > > English dictionary, so I'll agitate for its removal.
> > >
> > > Thank you for your work on ispell.
Google scowl spell and you'll find where the wordlists are maintained:
http://wordlist.aspell.net/contrib/
and an email address. I see "ans" only in the -huge and -insane variants.
Cheers,
David.
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