GNU Tools Weekly News Week 37 (May 10, 2026) Release updates for GNU toolchain: * GDB 17.2 was released * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb/[email protected]/
GNU toolchain conference reminders: * FOSSY 2026 toolchain track North America, Aug 6-9 (Vancouver, Canada) * Call for Proposals: https://2026.fossy.ca/call-for-proposals/ * GNU Tools Cauldron 2026, Fri-Sun, October 2-4 (Prague, Czechia) * Officially announced * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/ * https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/cauldron2026 * https://conf.gnu-tools-cauldron.org/prg26/cfp * Toolchains Track at LPC 2026, October 7th (Prague, Czechia) * Right after the Cauldron * https://lpc.events/event/20/abstracts/ * See https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/ General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news): * Sourceware held a looking backward, looking forward meeting on Fri 8, 15:00 UTC * notes can be found at https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/ * SPEC CPU 2026 was released (an updated version of GCC is included) * https://www.spec.org/cpu2026/docs/overview.html GCC easy issue to tackle of the week: * `a == INT_MIN ? INT_MIN : -a` is not converted into `(signed)-(unsigned)a` * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=125050 * Reach out to Andrea Pinski <[email protected]> for mentoring on this issue. GCC commits: * match: Optimize `A > B ? ABS(A) : B` to `MAX(A, B)` when B >= 0 [PR116700] * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-292-ge0c4c4cb02382b * Easy issue of the week (April 26, 2026) * phiprop improvements for skipping over one store and over clobbers * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-304-g143bb738d4f17b * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-313-g1d63e50467f140 * m32c: Remove all support for M32C target * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-320-g94ec11b5e58a6b * middle-end: Doubleword multiplication improvements * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-383-g1a06a37611e3b2 * cfghooks: constifify cfg_hooks * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-423-gfe440c99d6a964 * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-422-g43ba6ca0ef72d6 * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-421-g19808ef87a7862 * Xtensa: "force_l32" (namespace) feature * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-298-g9ae50cbca946ae * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-297-g45f1fed76d90cd * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-296-g9eba97e412ce65 * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-295-g2379d07acec0e5 * c++: Constant evaluation of __builtin_{,dynamic_}object_size * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-379-gce93e13e31a488 GCC discussion: * GSoC 2026 project discussions from participates * new wasm backend was posted * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc-patches/[email protected]/ * Transitioning libgomp from C to C++ implementation * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/camfhzotrymgungwqqjwr6-aaodfy6g1dvx89or7d4ob4pg0...@mail.gmail.com/T/ GCC bugzilla stats * 88 new issues filed * 68 issues closed glibc commits: * riscv: Add RVV strlen, strcmp, and strncmp for both multiarch and non-multiarch builds * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=07122a9d8d4597321e77d97f9ba18c11a42d8b5b * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=d62f110fd1d158ca912f944072fe5750b6f09155 * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=9b8ff36d0c881bfa08dfece10df89b1c199b23ee glibc discussion: * Contribution guidelines update regarding tool usage * https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/[email protected]/ binutils/gdb commits: * gdb: Remove support for the Common Trace Format (CTF) * https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/commit/?id=305ad81ae664965897d12e50205db1344b6f4bf8 gdb discussion: * binutils discussion: *
