Issue #18603: Ensure that PyOS_mystricmp and PyOS_mystrnicmp are in the
Python executable and not removed by the linker's optimizer.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e9d692c..80a1a23 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #18603: Ensure that PyOS_mystricmp and PyOS_mystrnicmp are in the
+  Python executable and not removed by the linker's optimizer.
+
 - Issue #19279: UTF-7 decoder no more produces illegal unicode strings.
 
 - Issue #18739: Fix an inconsistency between math.log(n) and math.log(long(n));