GNU Tools Weekly News Week 30 (March 22, 2026) Release updates for GNU toolchain: * gcc 16.0 regression status (note this is not official numbers, it might be off by a few) * P1: 9 -2 * P1+P2+P3 total: 773 -3
General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news): * Sourceware Survey 2026 * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/#u * GNU toolchan open office hours were held * notes can be found at https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/OfficeHours GCC easy issue to tackle of the week: * Missed optimisation: std::in_range simpler size check * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118879 * 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 * libstdc++: Implement [simd] for C++26 * https://gcc.gnu.org/cgit/gcc/commit/?id=8be0893fd98c9a89bbcd81e0ff8ebae60841d062 * c++: enable contracts under -std=c++26 * https://gcc.gnu.org/cgit/gcc/commit/?id=62a3c3d5951d078f165ea2c3dc461109b131a289 * gccrs: Sync 41 patches GCC discussion: * GSoC 2026 project discussions from participates * Policy on use of LLM tools and bug fixes (continued): * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/CAFiYyc3XoTbYe_pjpj5PvmiNN2uX58ssjMh4Dr3=euqpp1s...@mail.gmail.com/T/#m4365c662ccc0af15fe987fdd87556fb842e62d2a * COBOL: Hoping for insight with middle-end computation time. * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/cafiyyc3k3pgmvyr+vrop0vun+tsbcm8izfwut2ymcrzvk4o...@mail.gmail.com/T/#m22a906fc6d95d3702a31a1024f292d7f0d6570e3 * RFC: Allow "(mem:<vectype> (reg:<vectype>))" * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/#m6a9c799fd3d51a396036c6963fdeffee7fd68705 * Earliest version of gcc the project should support as stage1 for gcc 17 * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/#m411c5ed5aec8ad76588372fb333a6a5239402dd4 GCC bugzilla stats * 73 new issues filed * 129 issues closed glibc commits: * math: Use cosh, sinh, tanh from CORE-MATH * x86_64: Add cosh with FMA * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=c7a7bfe54e7d7cf6ff21114dacdeeb543c378dc2 * math: Sync tgammaf, lgammaf with CORE-MATH * AArch64: Remove prefer_sve_ifuncs * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=057e7c9aa1578964712ed01e9f7e986412d9fe6c * math: Fix spurious overflow and missing errno for lgammaf * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=19781c22211c6db827eefc240cb6724b5512fc6b binutils/gdb commits: * infcall: Add support for integer literals as reference function parameters * https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/commit/?id=883363daadfa6fc4f9221546f448bfa6a87dd447 * add i386-phoenix, sparc-phoenix, aarch64-phoenix, arm-*-phoenix target to gas * gdb discussion: * binutils discussion: *
