Prompted by https://bugs.gnu.org/31045
* NEWS: Update 8.8 blurb to mention other split additions.
* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Regenerate.
** New features
- split accepts the --number option to generate a specific number of files.
+ split accepts the --number/-n option to generate a specific number of
+ files, as well as the --elide-empty-files/-e and --unbuffered/-u
+ options to fine-tune the resulting output.
* Noteworthy changes in release 8.7 (2010-11-13) [stable]
# 4914152 9e
export XZ_OPT = -8e
-old_NEWS_hash = d895736ac0f0502739532aa70340f044
+old_NEWS_hash = 0fa4f447093a392524d6f749c8d1fc82
# Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
_makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = ' && !/^cu_install_prog/ && !/dynamic-dep/'