--- binutils.orig/ld/ldlang.c	2024-07-30 16:10:24.931862075 +0100
+++ binutils-2.41/ld/ldlang.c	2024-07-30 19:11:58.741929934 +0100
@@ -7940,6 +7940,19 @@ lang_list_remove_tail (lang_statement_li
 {
   union lang_statement_union **savetail;
   /* Check that ORIGLIST really is an earlier state of DESTLIST.  */
+
+  if (getenv ("LD_DEBUG_NEVER") != NULL)
+    {
+      /* FIXME: RHEL-49348: For some reason building this function for the
+	 PowerPC architecture on RHEL-10 is resulting in a linker that
+	 triggers the ASSERT below - because the origlist pointer is
+	 corrupt.  These fprintf statements, even if they will never be
+	 used, are enough to cause the compiler to build the function
+	 correctly, thus avoiding the problem.  */
+      fprintf (stderr, "origlist %p destlist %p\n", origlist, destlist);
+      fprintf (stderr, "heads: %p %p\n", origlist->head, destlist->head);
+    }
+
   ASSERT (origlist->head == destlist->head);
   savetail = origlist->tail;
   origlist->head = *(savetail);