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 021debdfd4a0dd06e6b361c1168bff4760f698eb..a61a79be6c13b0aee7469ae1177164cfce616408 100644 (file)
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.8
+9.9

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a3f577e4957aeed672604bcf13a3942ab176f1bb..e334a07fa3461e520d944e16500841bc8d8f35de 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 9.9 (2025-11-10) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 03fc61560cf8be8f3d2c1a1a76b61fbcc514fe48..e5df89659ed815cacbeff0a2194a39ffc28a1e3c 100644 (file)
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 6651d3c6c61d6b5d0f95b969e5c0c2af
+old_NEWS_hash = cb35d17f3e25db18b46d6858946d977f
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = \