• GNU Tools Weekly News Week 22, by Andrew Pinski

Release updates for GNU toolchain:

• GNU C Library version 2.43 was released

https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/13932477.uLZWGnKmhe@pinacolada/T

* 2.46 branch has now been created

• https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/87zf62asxe.fsf@redhat.com/T

General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news):

• GCC GSoC 2026: Call for project ideas and mentors

https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/0374ff71371cc3161db30d11578874be607d2bdc.camel@redhat.com/T/

GCC commits:

• note most of the commits from now until the release are bug fixes

which have not been listed here normally

• s390: Deprecate -m31
• Many documentation option improvements
• testsuite fixes/improvements on running cross

GCC discussion:

• "global opt framework" entry in MAINTAINERS

https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/3c24d501-f50a-4fe7-a089-3e02dd5be28f@gmail.com/T/

GCC bugzilla stats

• 136 new issues filed
• 94 issues closed

glibc commits:

• posix: Reset wordexp_t fields with WRDE_REUSE: CVE-2025-15281

binutils/gdb commits:

• aarch64: Add bigobj support to AArch64 COFF
• aarch64: Object Attributes v2 support (binutils)
• gdb: Add aarch64-windows support
• aarch64: Add support for FEAT_TLBID feature
• aarch64: Add -march=armv9.7-a option