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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- 87o6ilgdrj.fsf@gentoo.org
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- 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
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- —
- technical_tradeoffs
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- • 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.