these flags are needed in order to be able to handle lwp id's
which the kernel returns after clone() calls for new threads
via ptrace(PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG).
fortunately, they're the same for all archs and in the reserved
namespace.
the old behavior of exposing nothing except plain ISO C can be
obtained by defining __STRICT_ANSI__ or using a compiler option (such
as -std=c99) that predefines it. the new default featureset is POSIX
with XSI plus _BSD_SOURCE. any explicit feature test macros will
inhibit the default.
installation docs have also been updated to reflect this change.
rofl0r
Rich Felker