Hi, I think this package can be removed. This packages usually looks up at Merriam Webster Online Dictionary but this is broken and doesn't work anymore since 2010, thus makes this packages pretty useless.
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=de3dae24f9a25cd27c4d57a9e72f0e6761c34894 commit de3dae24f9a25cd27c4d57a9e72f0e6761c34894 Author: Jonas Stein <jstein@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-08-17 20:26:14 +0000 Commit: Jonas Stein <jstein@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-08-17 20:26:14 +0000 package.mask: Last rite app-dicts/edictionary Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/912363 Signed-off-by: Jonas Stein <jstein@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=c078cdf0ace759558bd9756758058cf23ea31dbc commit c078cdf0ace759558bd9756758058cf23ea31dbc Author: Florian Schmaus <flow@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-10-02 11:26:37 +0000 Commit: Florian Schmaus <flow@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-10-02 11:36:47 +0000 app-dicts/edictionary: treeclean Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/912363 Signed-off-by: Florian Schmaus <flow@gentoo.org> app-dicts/edictionary/Manifest | 1 - app-dicts/edictionary/edictionary-2.6-r1.ebuild | 26 ------------------------- app-dicts/edictionary/metadata.xml | 8 -------- profiles/package.mask | 5 ----- 4 files changed, 40 deletions(-)