This new version of dict(1) doesn't seem to default to using

dict://dict.org if the config file is absent, so install a config file
with some default servers instead of making the user rummage through
the man page and the web to figure out how to make this work.

Noticed by:	ceri

3 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/textproc/dict/Makefile b/textproc/dict/Makefile
index 2f4d921c4c98..5ee995f54162 100644
--- a/textproc/dict/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/dict/Makefile
@@ -34,4 +34,9 @@ MAN1=		dict.1
 post-patch:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|/etc/|${PREFIX}/etc/|g' ${WRKSRC}/dict.1
 
+post-install:
+	if [ ! -f ${PREFIX}/etc/dict.conf ]; then \
+		${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/dict.conf ${PREFIX}/etc; \
+	fi
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/dict/files/dict.conf b/textproc/dict/files/dict.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f2cfcc3aa998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/dict/files/dict.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+# This file is used to specify the dict servers to talk to.  See the
+# CONFIGURATION section of dict(1) for the full syntax.
+#
+# A list of public dict servers is available at
+#	http://luetzschena-stahmeln.de/dictd/index.php
+# but one of the following should work.
+#
+
+server dict.org
+server dict.trit.org
+server dict.die.net
diff --git a/textproc/dict/pkg-plist b/textproc/dict/pkg-plist
index 54b6a65dfd1d..b334a6442f0f 100644
--- a/textproc/dict/pkg-plist
+++ b/textproc/dict/pkg-plist
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 @comment $FreeBSD$
 bin/dict
+etc/dict.conf