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 - dynamic linker weak symbol resolution issues
 - fdopendir failure to set errno
 - various minor header fixes
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+0.8.1 release notes
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+bug fixes:
+- mismatching prototypes caused build failure on 64-bit
+- other minor prototype errors in the headers have been fixed
+- various other small omissions fixed