This test incorrectly expects the libpurple search path to initially contain exactly one element. Remove this incorrect assertion. --- telegram-purple-1.3.1-checkout/test/loadtest.c 2018-10-27 16:25:06.258459600 +0200 +++ telegram-purple-1.3.1-checkout/test/loadtest.c 2018-10-27 16:25:11.830434770 +0200 @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static void tdf_inject_plugin (void) { printf ("Injecting our module into purple_plugins_* ...\n"); purple_plugins_init (); GList *search_paths = purple_plugins_get_search_paths (); - assert (!search_paths->prev && !search_paths->next && search_paths->data); + assert (!search_paths->prev && search_paths->data); GList *new_paths = g_list_append (search_paths, g_strdup ("bin/")); assert (new_paths == search_paths); // Load "my" path before the default.