https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88326
--- Comment #1 from G. Steinmetz <gs...@t-online.de> ---
This variant compiles and runs :
$ cat z4.f90
program p
character, parameter :: x(3) = ['a','b','c']
character :: y(1) = transfer('x', x)
print *, y
end
$ gfortran-9-20181202 z4.f90 -static-libgfortran
$ a.out
x
$
