fix building without pymalloc (closes #17228)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d03d7c6..2c88b61 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -853,6 +853,8 @@
 Build
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+- Issue #17228: Fix building without pymalloc.
+
 - Issue #17086: Backport the patches from the 3.3 branch to cross-build
   the package.