https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=93714
--- Comment #4 from CVS Commits <cvs-commit at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The releases/gcc-9 branch has been updated by Mark Eggleston <markeggles...@gcc.gnu.org>: https://gcc.gnu.org/g:44ea6508f1009086018d0db4347a14b9c4eec2c0 commit r9-8256-g44ea6508f1009086018d0db4347a14b9c4eec2c0 Author: Mark Eggleston <markeggles...@gcc.gnu.org> Date: Wed Feb 19 09:36:42 2020 +0000 [Fortran] ICE assign character pointer to non target PR93714 An ICE occurred if an attempt was made to assign a pointer to a character variable that has an length incorrectly specified using a real constant and does not have the target attribute. Backported from mainline 2020-02-18 Mark Eggleston <markeggles...@gcc.gnu.org> PR fortran/93714 * expr.c (gfc_check_pointer_assign): Move check for matching character length to after checking the lvalue attributes for target or pointer. PR fortran/93714 * gfortran.dg/char_pointer_assign_6.f90: Look for no target message instead of length mismatch. * gfortran.dg/pr93714_1.f90 * gfortran.dg/pr93714_2.f90