PHP and GD

I have a friend who is swearing up and down that the most recent release of PHP comes with GD bundled. I haven't been able to find much on this - including anything from this list! :\ Does anyone know if this is really true? I just installed PHP Version 4.3.2-RC2 - I don't see anything mentioned about the GD libraries anywhere. Is there a bundled version? He quotes this from the manual: "Note: Since PHP 4.3 there is a bundled version of the GD lib. This bundled version has some additional features like alpha blending, and should be used in preference to the external library since it's codebase is better maintained and more stable." Thanks for any information, -Mike