https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=93714
--- Comment #5 from CVS Commits <cvs-commit at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The releases/gcc-8 branch has been updated by Mark Eggleston <markeggles...@gcc.gnu.org>: https://gcc.gnu.org/g:db0e1e9948434352455db1e729383272d79105e8 commit r8-10037-gdb0e1e9948434352455db1e729383272d79105e8 Author: Mark Eggleston <markeggles...@gcc.gnu.org> Date: Wed Feb 19 10:30:38 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