updated for version 7.1-254
diff --git a/src/testdir/test49.in b/src/testdir/test49.in
index 22191b2..bd6cb4c 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test49.in
+++ b/src/testdir/test49.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
STARTTEST
:so small.vim
:se nocp nomore viminfo+=nviminfo
+:lang mess C
:so test49.vim
GGGGGGGGGGGGGG"rp:.-,$w! test.out
:"
diff --git a/src/testdir/test55.in b/src/testdir/test55.in
index 2243762..7d0008e 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test55.in
+++ b/src/testdir/test55.in
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
:try
: let n = d[1500]
:catch
-: $put =v:exception[:14] . v:exception[-4:-1]
+: $put =substitute(v:exception, '\v(.{14}).*( \d{4}).*', '\1\2', '')
:endtry
:" lookup each items
:for i in range(1500)