Issue #8767: Restore building with --disable-unicode.
Original patch by Stefano Taschini.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 2844dfa..9908bb1 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -839,6 +839,7 @@
 Geoff Talvola
 William Tanksley
 Christian Tanzer
+Stefano Taschini
 Steven Taschuk
 Monty Taylor
 Amy Taylor
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 34c5e47..d9faea5 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@
 Build
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+- Issue #8767: Restore building with --disable-unicode.
+  Patch by Stefano Taschini.
+
 - Build against bzip2 1.0.6 and openssl 0.9.8x on Windows.
 
 - Issue #14557: Fix extensions build on HP-UX. Patch by Adi Roiban.