maint: post-release administrivia

* NEWS: Add header line for next release.
* .prev-version: Record previous version.
* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.

diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index 9d5e716c0559c0e7826fd342538bbbf1071a2330..021debdfd4a0dd06e6b361c1168bff4760f698eb 100644 (file)
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7
+9.8

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0efb08675d5143b104c69fadeea589891e25684d..b159b47584576f2e47b131440941a0bb216dc5fb 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 9.8 (2025-09-22) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 8e8cae2e66bd13de9b828deff06d841e5f6e95cb..3335a0e5d9576e905aac65924a66ff7d32be77f1 100644 (file)
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 0e74b03eaf11d9d281aaa0e7cc544bb4
+old_NEWS_hash = 6651d3c6c61d6b5d0f95b969e5c0c2af
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = \