diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 6f9109b9c..ec0c1b005 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
+2003-04-02  Jason Tishler <jason@tishler.net>
+	    Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* external.cc (check_ntsec): New function.
+	(cygwin_internal): Add CW_CHECK_NTSEC handling to call check_ntsec()
+	from applications.
+	* include/cygwin/version.h: Bump API minor number.
+	* include/sys/cygwin.h (cygwin_getinfo_types): Add CW_CHECK_NTSEC.
+
+2003-04-02  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* cygthread.cc (cygthread::new): Add more defensive debugging.
+
 2003-04-01  Pierre Humblet  <pierre.humblet@ieee.org>
-	
+
 	* fhandler.cc (fhandler_base::fstat): Set the uid and gid fields
 	from the current effective ids.
 	* fhandler_socket.cc (fhandler_socket::fstat): Keep the uid and gid set
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/Makefile.in b/winsup/cygwin/Makefile.in
index 2695a73d7..7c47aa38c 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/Makefile.in
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/Makefile.in
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ LIBCOS:=${sort ${addsuffix .o,${basename ${notdir ${wildcard $(srcdir)/lib/*.c}}
 
 EXTRA_DLL_OFILES:=${addsuffix .o,${basename ${notdir ${wildcard $(CONFIG_DIR)/*.c}}}}
 
-EXTRA_OFILES=$(bupdir1)/libiberty/random.o $(bupdir1)/libiberty/strsignal.o
+EXTRA_OFILES=$(bupdir1)/libiberty/random.o $(bupdir1)/libiberty/strsignal.o alloca.o
 
 MALLOC_OFILES=@MALLOC_OFILES@
 
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc b/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc
index af70e4973..251fe5e3c 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ new (size_t)
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
 	if (info->__name)
 	  api_fatal ("name not NULL? id %p, i %d", id, info - threads);
+	if (!info->h)
+	  api_fatal ("h not set? id %p, i %d", id, info - threads);
 #endif
 	goto out;
       }
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc
index 9620b29d3..768327056 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ details. */
 #include "shared_info.h"
 #include "cygthread.h"
 
-#define CONVERT_LIMIT 4096
+#define CONVERT_LIMIT 16384
 
 static BOOL
 cp_convert (UINT destcp, char *dest, UINT srccp, const char *src, DWORD size)