maint: post-release administrivia

* NEWS: Add header line for next release.
* .prev-version: Record previous version.
* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.

3 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index 3c7af72bb..de09aeb4a 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.23
+8.24
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4dc4b5612..7e213fd95 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 8.24 (2015-07-03) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 29649dccf..dedb7ac82 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 41e5c3133f5d8947e2ff13aab58fc52b
+old_NEWS_hash = 5c64c69e6303deaceecacc4b498a61fd
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = ' && !/^cu_install_prog/ && !/dynamic-dep/'