GDB 18.1 release update - 2026-09-14

[Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>]

Hi everyone,

Quick update on the 18.1 release.  You might have noticed the lack of
GDB 18 release!  We still had a couple of issues unresolved, so the
release has been pushed back to :

    Fri Sep 25 2026

Here is a quick recap of the changes since the last update:

Fixed Since the Previous Update:
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 * gdb/34616 - Enums are mapped to wrong values
   https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34616

   This bug was introduced in GDB 17.  A patch has been posted,
   reviewed, and merged since the last release update, nice one!  Commit
   74dd30195333639d5d10607a0c666a357c04358c on the gdb-18-branch
   resolved this issue.

Still Open Since Previous Update:
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 * gdb/33447 - Can't find class methods on clang compiled libraries
   https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33447

   A V3 patch was posted for this here:

   https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb-patches/897f5eb957bdfd90cd3fd5efa662021ed5c2aef2.1788269262.git.aburgess@redhat.com

   This has been reviewed and needs a new version posting.  I hear that
   Andrew is currently working on this.

 * gdb/34561 - Problem reading OS generated corefiles on systems with Intel AMX support
   https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34561

   Patches were posted here:

   https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb-patches/20260904100648.1705702-1-christina.joos@intel.com

   Patch has been reviewed, hopefully a new version will be posted this week.

 * gdb/34555 - gdb memory exhaustion on gdb.base/many-headers.exp
   https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34555

   This issue is considered NICE TO HAVE, and I'm not currently planning
   to hold the release for it.

   This issue effects Solaris, and has existed in GDB for a while if I
   understand things correctly (i.e. many releases now).

   There was a patch for this posted here:

   https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb-patches/ydda4qdga7h.fsf@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE

   The request for this fix to be included in GDB 18 was made here:

   https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb-patches/yddo6e9fi8a.fsf@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE

   Based on this email:

   https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb-patches/yddjyowf87m.fsf@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE

   It's not clear if there will be another version of this patch.

Added Since the Last Update:
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 * Nothing.

Thanks,
Andrew