Hello, Replying to an old bug…
"Jorge P. de Morais Neto" <jorge+l...@disroot.org> skribis: > Hi. Some time ago I was able to use Guix-installed dico on my Debian > buster system, but since some days ago it fails with > > $ dico -tvvv puppy > dico: Error: Invalid reply from server > dico: Error: /home/jorge/.dico:1: Cannot connect to the server > dico: Error: Invalid reply from server > dico: Error: .dico:1: Cannot connect to the server > dico: Debug: Connecting to dict://localhost:2628 > dico: Debug: S:idxgcide: Error: cannot create index file > `/home/jorge/.guix-profile/share/gcide/GCIDE.IDX': Read-only file system > dico: Error: Invalid reply from server On Guix System this does not happen because dicod is currently started to write the index file to /var/run/dicod, which is writable for itself. I guess the solution is to start dicod using the Guix System service or the upcoming Guix Home service: <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/65119>. Ludo’.
