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 01351bda6e6e9a990e2f82f7c54ecd3bc71719cb..f5e5cc591e0c9dd7e0b1248a08c50babebcc228b 100644 (file)
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.25
+8.26

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c546217e3fef817532e1de0f493f480a8c4a0599..9899aff8d882b2994135c87864c633235235ecee 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 8.26 (2016-11-30) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 92a41cf5df3eff3accb18e2aa11460cce3c1a440..4703e4afb1a4b3f260c7e715eda58bc529368b91 100644 (file)
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 4cdc662ed636425161a383b9aa85b2eb
+old_NEWS_hash = 33e0d81904e66223883c8bc33c29a772
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = ' && !/^cu_install_prog/ && !/dynamic-dep/'