Planned binutils-2.46.1 release

Project / Subsystem

binutils / binutils

Date

2026-05-12

Proposer

Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>

Source type

public_inbox

Consensus

Proposed

Sentiment

/10

Technical tradeoffs

  • Backporting fixes carries the risk of introducing regressions.
  • Failing to backport necessary fixes can lead to build failures with newer toolchains.

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binutils
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binutils
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87o6ilgdrj.fsf@gentoo.org
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public_inbox
title
Planned binutils-2.46.1 release
headline
Plan binutils-2.46.1 point release for const-correctness fixes.
tldr
Sam James plans a binutils-2.46.1 release to address C23/glibc-2.43 const correctness issues and asks for other fixes to backport.
proposer
Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
consensus
Proposed
outcome
proposed
sentiment_score
technical_tradeoffs
  • Backporting fixes carries the risk of introducing regressions.
  • Failing to backport necessary fixes can lead to build failures with newer toolchains.
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  • binutils
  • release
  • const correctness
  • c23
  • glibc
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date
2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Planned binutils-2.46.1 release

Sam James announces plans for a binutils-2.46.1 point release to address build failures with -Werror due to C23/glibc-2.43 const correctness changes. The release will include fixes for PR34028, PR34088, and PR34125, and solicits input on other fixes to backport.