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 188c409213b08acb89c8665740eb81e5692df947..48c26da3ef51e85ce27f604337aedbfaab190b74 100644 (file)
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.5
+8.6

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 61875c1e0ba5578a57e881e9a753ea536a78daa0..f28c243d7513e7429bd00a7e5482e92884a10e68 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 8.6 (2010-10-15) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index ae5f819c5109c4e085711152bc04f56133077d9d..6d9c75a5bb7680f08af46bd5cc45025632f3c019 100644 (file)
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ bootstrap-tools = autoconf,automake,gnulib,bison
 # Now that we have better tests, make this the default.
 export VERBOSE = yes
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 27e765279d5735f99114b57fa097e6bd
+old_NEWS_hash = 594c508078596fb65a3db2c0f4437386
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = ' && !/^cu_install_program =/'