GNU Tools Weekly News Week 49 (August 2, 2026)

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GNU Tools Weekly News Week 49 (August 2, 2026)

Release updates for GNU toolchain:
 * GCC 16.2.0 RC1 was done
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/amxz3rGMpTljcyvm@tucnak/
  * Status
   * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/amx74xvrAdSiIIEF@tucnak/

GNU toolchain conference reminders:
 * FOSSY 2026 toolchain track North America, Aug 6-9 (Vancouver, Canada)
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/fossy2026
  * This week/coming weekend
 * GNU Tools Cauldron 2026, Fri-Sun, October 2-4 (Prague, Czechia)
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/cauldron2026
  * https://conf.gnu-tools-cauldron.org/prg26/cfp
 * Toolchains Track at LPC 2026, October 7th (Prague, Czechia)
  * https://lpc.events/event/20/abstracts/

General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news):
 * GCC SC approved AI/LLM policy
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/CAGWvny=KZcazorvmCU3gdT4dBcMJm6S_769Ne+aTfbO_nZ_HsQ@mail.gmail.com/
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/ai-policy.html
  * **Please read it before asking any questions about the policy**
  * Many news articles about the adoption (not posting them)
 * Progress toward compiling Linux with gccrs
  * https://lwn.net/Articles/1083202/
  * Currently subscriber-only (week only)
 * Maciej W. Rozycki was appointed as binutils global maintainer
  * https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/commit/?id=4b8269718f60378f880ea83d061c7338783bbdb3
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/alpine.DEB.2.21.2607272357300.14485@angie.orcam.me.uk/

GCC easy issue to tackle of the week:
(sorry about last week's being about an invalid transformation)
 * (si)~(ui)si_var
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126523
  * Reach out to Andrea Pinski <andrew.pinski@oss.qualcomm.com> for
mentoring on this issue.
 * Previous ones are listed on https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/EasyIssuesOfTheWeek


GCC commits:
 * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2721 r17-2889 169 commits
 * aarch64: Add Support for SVE2p3/SME2p3 dot product intrinsics
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2751-g2a64a564f5eeb5
 * aarch64: Add Support for F16F32DOT
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2754-g4811e4c9836e52
 * aarch64: Add support for sve2p3 and sme2p3 conversion intrinsics
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2755-g7695a61179f48f
 *  MATCH: fold signbit comparison and conditional negate to copysign
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2823-g1c8ca0108746d3
  * Easy issue week 38
 * MATCH: Simplify zero/sign extension bit operations
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2824-gece564fdaa15a0
 * RISC-V: Add intrinsic support for Zvabd
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2821-g6df026ea07b0cf
 * MATCH: Simplify min of clz/ctz to clz/ctz of bitwise or
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2815-g1743c12e3512bf
 * frange improvements
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2829 https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2828
https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2827
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2806 https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2764
https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2758

GCC discussion:
 * See above about AI policy

GCC bugzilla stats
 * 184 new issues filed
 *  62 issues closed

binutils/gdb commits:
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gdb discussion:
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binutils discussion:
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glibc commits:
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glibc discussion:
 * Suggestion: Changes to release process, release from branch
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/PAWPR08MB89826DDF3C534485790AFFA983CC2@PAWPR08MB8982.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com/
 * Unfortunate interaction of glibc-2.44 and gnulib regarding
posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir => infinite recursion
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/7eb0b5186e742958095a8e6c0ba28973412ab1f1.camel@xry111.site/