Issue #18784: The uuid module no more attempts to load libc via ctypes.CDLL,
if all necessary functions are already found in libuuid.
Patch by Evgeny Sologubov.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9c0b13f..ea74d71 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #18784: The uuid module no more attempts to load libc via ctypes.CDLL,
+  if all necessary functions are already found in libuuid.
+  Patch by Evgeny Sologubov.
+
 - Issue #14971: unittest test discovery no longer gets confused when a function
   has a different __name__ than its name in the TestCase class dictionary.