https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=77828
Bug ID: 77828 Summary: [7 Regression] Linking gfortran-7 compiled program with libgfortran of 5.x allowed but crashes when containing write to string Product: gcc Version: 7.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: libfortran Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: vehre at gcc dot gnu.org Target Milestone: --- Created attachment 39737 --> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=39737&action=edit Standalone code as given in the description. Compiling this example: character(len=100) :: gr integer :: i, j i =42 j =43 write (gr,"(2(a,i2))") "Greetings from i ",i," of ", j print *,gr end using latest gfortran but executing with a (system-provided) libgfortran from a gcc 5.3.1 in the library search path leads to a segmentation fault on Linux-x86_64/f23. It looks like writing to the string corrupts the stack. Has something in the handling of writing to the string changed, which corrupts the stack? When linking with a gcc-7 libgfortran everything is fine. May be the libraries should be made link-incompatible to prevent users searching this issue for hours (like me) and quite early get a notion what might be the problem. Or is this issue unintentional?