Index: test/lit.cfg
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--- test/lit.cfg
+++ test/lit.cfg
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
     if 'elf32ppc' in emulations:
         config.available_features.add('ld_emu_elf32ppc')
 
-    ld_version = subprocess.Popen([config.gold_executable, '--version'], stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
+    ld_version = subprocess.Popen([config.gold_executable, '--version'], stdout = subprocess.PIPE, env={'LANG': 'C'})
     if not 'GNU gold' in ld_version.stdout.read().decode():
         return False
     ld_version.wait()