GNU Tools Weekly News Week 19 (January 5, 2026)

> by Andrew Pinski

Happy new years all. a real quiet week entering the new years

Release updates for GNU toolchain:
* Freeze for glibc-2.43, machine testing
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General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news):
* In case you missed it; GNU toolchain 2025 year in a review
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* Beyond Syntax: Introducing GCC Workbench for VSCode/VSCodium
Related reddit post
https://github.com/regalloc/gcc-workbench

GCC commits:
* Add support for using picolibc

GCC discussion:
* Generation of Make Dependencies for C++ Modules (continued)
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GCC bugzilla stats
* 68 new issues filed
* 39 issues closed

glibc commits:
* no notable commits

binutils/gdb commits:
* no notable commits