GNU Tools Weekly News Week 26 (February 22, 2026)

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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:
 *