Michael Albinus writes: > Stefan, does the following patch solves the problem for you? Current master gives the same results with or without that patch, unfortunately. Without the patch: 4 unexpected results: FAILED tramp-test19-directory-files-and-attributes FAILED tramp-test41-utf8 FAILED tramp-test41-utf8-with-ls FAILED tramp-test41-utf8-with-perl With the patch: 4 unexpected results: FAILED tramp-test19-directory-files-and-attributes FAILED tramp-test41-utf8 FAILED tramp-test41-utf8-with-ls FAILED tramp-test41-utf8-with-perl Please find attached the console log of the test with that patch. Thanks, Stefan Kangas