From e438a0e8581cfd5ce3df0f37ba46163f725d0bb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 19:43:00 +0200
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 9fad72f..a596852 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.16
+8.17
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6503f2f..6c620b3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 8.17 (2012-05-10) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 3fce0ab..7a86c2a 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = d2ba572c2f1135b74e24ea3fb20e674e
+old_NEWS_hash = 4f70c9ef883feff18d9d5f66a941f3a8
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = ' && !/^cu_install_program =/'
-- 
2.7.4