GNU Tools Weekly News Week 18 (December 28, 2025) Last Newsletter of the year Quiet last week due to the Winter holidays Happy Holidays to all; Merry Christmas to the ones who celebrate; and Happy New years to all May 2026 be the wonderful year for GNU toolchain
Release updates for GNU toolchain: None General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news): * binutils gdb snapshots, don't create xz src-release archives, used gz * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb/[email protected]/T/ GCC commits: * gccrs: 12 patch sync * ifcvt improvements for `a ? b OP c: b`; helps RISC-V * AutoFDO improvements * aarch64: Add support for fp8 SME2 intrinsics GCC discussion: * Generation of Make Dependencies for C++ Modules * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/ GCC bugzilla stats * 79 new issues filed * 42 issues closed glibc commits: * LoongArch: Use generic __builtin_trap in abort binutils/gdb commits: * aarch64: Add FEAT_MOPS_GO instructions * AArch64: Add FEAT_SVE2p3, FEAT_SME2p3, FEAT_F16F32DOT, FEAT_F16F32MM instructions * AArch64 v9.7 extensions: FEAT_F16MM and FEAT_SVE_B16MM * Some libsframe improvements (start of SFrame V3 support)
