Version 1.6.3

• libnds:

  • Add compile-time warnings about unused result values to various library methods.
  • Ensure nitroFSInit() checks for successful FAT initialization.
  • Protect the alternate vector base region (0x0000000 onwards) from writing and, if said base is not explicitly enabled, reading. This allows catching null pointer accesses at runtime as data aborts.

• SDK:

  • crt0:

    • Fix thread-local storage not being initialized properly during global constructor initialization.
    • Fix thread-local storage not being initialized at all on ARM7.

  • picolibc:

    • Add memset_explicit().
    • Improve wctype compatibility.
    • Update ctype case conversion table to Unicode 15.1.0 .

  • Other:

    • Add regression test for setVectorBase().
    • Modify templates to use toolchain gcc-ar over host ar for packaging libraries; this ensures correct operation on systems without binutils installed, as well as when building libraries with link-time optimized objects.
    • Update ARM assembly code to always use UAL syntax.
    • Update official Docker image to Ubuntu 24.04.