GNU Tools Weekly News Week 26 (February 22, 2026) Release updates for GNU toolchain: * gcc 16.0 regression status * P1: 21 -4 * P1+P2+P3 total: 823 -11
General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news): * Jens Gustedt's blog: Defer available in gcc and clang * https://gustedt.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/defer-available-in-gcc-and-clang/ * GCC 2.95.3 binary pack for 68k Amiga * https://rastport.com/techblog/gcc-pack/ * Office Hours for the GNU Toolchain was helded on Thursday February 19, 2026 * meeting notes can be found at https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/OfficeHours * GCC has been accepted as a GSoC 2026 mentoring organization * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/#m7fc97a3b91de9773e196fb42d01be755be3e054e * https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SummerOfCode GCC easy issue to tackle of the week: * (a>>N) != (b>>N) is not optimized to (a^b) >= (1<<N) * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110010 * Reach out to Andrew Pinski <[email protected]> for mentoring on this issue GCC commits: * note most of the commits from now until the release are bug fixes which have not been listed here normally * c++: Implement __builtin_constexpr_diag (aka P2758 implementation) * c++: Implement proposed CWG 3123 resolution GCC discussion: * Emacs mode for Machine Description files * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/#u GCC bugzilla stats * 97 new issues filed * 94 issues closed glibc commits: * aarch64: Lock GCS status at startup glibc discussion: * binutils/gdb commits: * gdb: Add "save user" command * gdb: Add "save skip" command * gdb: Add "save history" command gdb discussion: * binutils discussion: *
