Bug 2452247

Summary: [Fedora 43 Regression] expect-5.45.4-30.fc43 breaks GCC testsuite
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools>
Component: expectAssignee: Vitezslav Crhonek <vcrhonek>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 43CC: vcrhonek
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URL: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=124641
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Description H.J. Lu 2026-03-27 14:45:07 UTC
expect-5.45.4-30.fc43 caused:

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=124641

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
To reproduce:

1. Build GCC master branch.
2. Run "nohup make check -j12"
Actual Results:
"grep ERROR: nohup.out" shows:

# ERROR: 0
# ERROR: 0
ERROR: tcl error sourcing /export/gnu/import/git/sources/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gnat.dg/dg.exp.
ERROR: tcl error code NONE
ERROR: error reading "file8": invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
ERROR: tcl error sourcing /export/gnu/import/git/sources/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gnat.dg/dg.exp.
ERROR: tcl error code NONE
ERROR: error reading "file8": invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
ERROR: -------------------------------------------
ERROR: in testcase /export/gnu/import/git/sources/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gnat.dg/dg.exp
ERROR:  error reading "file8": invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
ERROR:  tcl error code NONE
ERROR:  tcl error info:
ERROR: -------------------------------------------
ERROR: in testcase /export/gnu/import/git/sources/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gnat.dg/dg.exp
ERROR:  error reading "file8": invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
ERROR:  tcl error code NONE
ERROR:  tcl error info:
ERROR: tcl error sourcing /export/gnu/import/git/sources/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/execute/execute.exp.
ERROR: tcl error code POSIX EILSEQ {invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character}
ERROR: error reading "file8": invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
ERROR: tcl error sourcing /export/gnu/import/git/sources/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/execute/ieee/ieee.exp.
ERROR: tcl error code NONE
ERROR: torture-init: torture_without_loops is not empty as expected = "{ -O0 } { -O1 } { -O2 } { -O3 -g } { -Os } { -O2 -flto -fno-use-linker-plugin -flto-partition=none } { -O2 -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -fno-fat-lto-objects }"
ERROR: tcl error sourcing /export/gnu/import/git/sources/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/unsorted/unsorted.exp.
ERROR: tcl error code NONE
ERROR: torture-init: torture_without_loops is not empty as expected = "{ -O0 } { -O1 } { -O2 } { -O3 -g } { -Os } { -O2 -flto -fno-use-linker-plugin -flto-partition=none } { -O2 -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -fno-fat-lto-objects }"
ERROR: tcl error sourcing /export/gnu/import/git/sources/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/dg.exp.
ERROR: tcl error code POSIX EILSEQ {invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character}
ERROR: error reading "file7": invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
ERROR: tcl error sourcing /export/gnu/import/git/sources/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/guality/guality.exp.
ERROR: tcl error code NONE
ERROR: torture-init: torture_without_loops is not empty as expected = "{ -O0 } { -O1 } { -O2 } { -O3 -g } { -Os }"
ERROR: tcl error sourcing /export/gnu/import/git/sources/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.fortran-torture/compile/compile.exp.
ERROR: tcl error code NONE
ERROR: torture-init: torture_without_loops is not empty as expected = "{ -O0 } { -O1 } { -O2 } { -O3 -g } { -Os }"
ERROR: tcl error sourcing /export/gnu/import/git/sources/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.fortran-torture/execute/

Expected Results:
"grep ERROR: nohup.out" shows

# ERROR: 0
# ERROR: 0

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-03-30 08:48:57 UTC
FEDORA-2026-f2709209b9 (expect-5.45.4-31.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-f2709209b9

Comment 2 Vitezslav Crhonek 2026-03-30 08:49:58 UTC
Thanks, already reported and update done within https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2442621

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-04-05 00:52:27 UTC
FEDORA-2026-f2709209b9 (expect-5.45.4-31.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.