This assert is well known to fail with aspell. See also https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772406 --- gspell-1.14.0/tests/unit-tests/test-checker.c.orig +++ gspell-1.14.0/tests/unit-tests/test-checker.c @@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ */ correctly_spelled = gspell_checker_check_word (checker, "spell-checking", -1, &error); g_assert_no_error (error); - g_assert_true (correctly_spelled); correctly_spelled = gspell_checker_check_word (checker, "nrst-auie", -1, &error); g_assert_no_error (error);