From 93509ff8b5ad60586955b7f789b16d20ff282b24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 21:25:35 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] maint: post-release administrivia

* NEWS: Add header line for next release.
* .prev-version: Record previous version.
* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.
---
 .prev-version | 2 +-
 NEWS          | 3 +++
 cfg.mk        | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index f5e5cc591e..8a1c8a475a 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.26
+8.27
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b2e9c0bd0f..db7a78966b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 8.27 (2017-03-08) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index efc7db7121..7e0795abcf 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 48f0493682b6062af615abd4fb8c356f
+old_NEWS_hash = a78a5278f1a32d221eded802ba7cd5bb
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = ' && !/^cu_install_prog/ && !/dynamic-dep/'
-- 
2.47.2