bug#45139: Dico fails with "Read-only file system" message

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Replying to an old bug…

"Jorge P. de Morais Neto" <jorge+list@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’.