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2026-02-23T06:44:03Z

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/ri68qcnni5i.fsf@virgil.suse.cz/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 <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
* 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/86y0ksbqrz.fsf@baylibre.com/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:
*