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2026-02-09T08:17:45Z

GNU Tools Weekly News Week 24 (February 8, 2026)

Release updates for GNU toolchain:
* binutils 2.46 was released
* https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/87fr7bgznh.fsf@Gerda.invalid/T/#t
* gcc 16.0 regression status
* P1: 29
* P1+P2+P3 total: 860

General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news):
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GCC easy issue to tackle of the week:
* New feature this week, This is a highlight of one bug report that
would be a good issue for someone new to GCC to fix
* If others want to sponsor an issue please let me know and I can
add that one for the week (gdb, binutils and glibc issues welcome too)

* lower mempcpy to memcpy when result is unused
* https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=93556
* Reach out to Andrew Pinski <andrew.pinski@oss.qualcomm.com> 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
* doc: Move parameter docs to the GCC internals manual
* Removal of CONST_CAST and related macros (C++ification cleanup)

GCC discussion:
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GCC bugzilla stats
* 118 new issues filed
* 136 issues closed

glibc commits:
* math: Order signed zeros in f{max,min}{,mag}{f,l,f128}
* math: Optimize f{max,min}imum{,_num,_mag,_mag_num}{f,l,f128}
* AArch64: Optimize memcpy for Kunpeng 950 processor
* AArch64: Add if('fastmath') to math-vector-fortran.h

binutils/gdb commits:
* PowerPC: Support for Elliptic Curve Cryptography Instructions (RFC02669)
* [gold] Note gold and dwp deprecation in NEWS
* bpf: add may_goto instruction

gdb discussion:
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binutils discussion:
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