Package: dict
Version: 1.13.0+dfsg-1
Severity: normal
zira:~> strace dict -p 4444 foo |& grep '^connect.*sin_port'
connect(3, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(2628),
sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, 16) = 0
connect(3, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(2628),
sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, 16) = 0
Even though I've provided the -p 4444 option, "dict" connects to port 2628.
127.0.0.1 comes from the "server localhost" line in the configuration file.
The man page says:
-p service or --port service
Specifies the port (e.g., 2628) or service (e.g., dict) for
connections. The default is 2628, as specified in the DICT
Protocol RFC. Server/port combinations can be specified in
the configuration file.
This could be an error in the documentation, i.e. -p actually applies
only to the server provided by -h (this probably makes sense, because
the configuration file may contain several servers and changing the
port for all of them with -p may be unexpected).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500,
'stable-security'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.18.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages dict depends on:
ii libc6 2.34-3
ii libmaa4 1.4.7-1
ii netbase 6.3
ii recode 3.6-24
dict recommends no packages.
Versions of packages dict suggests:
ii dictd [dict-server] 1.13.0+dfsg-1
ii gawk 1:5.1.0-1
ii m4 1.4.18-5
-- no debconf information
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