describe the change merged in r66285
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index cacbef4..198e266 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@
 
 - bytes(o) now tries to use o.__bytes__() before using fallbacks.
 
+- Issue #1204: The configure script now tests for additional libraries
+  that may be required when linking against readline.  This fixes issues
+  with x86_64 builds on some platforms (a few Linux flavors and OpenBSD).
+
 C API
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