3 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index c382960e3..38abeb202 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.5
+7.6
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fdc42818f..0b8ef9ee0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 7.6 (2009-09-11) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 01174831f..f70eda94a 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ bootstrap-tools = autoconf,automake,gnulib,bison
 # Now that we have better tests, make this the default.
 export VERBOSE = yes
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 93ff8e5850f630855f9e834fec416830
+old_NEWS_hash = 0d22ab4ad3fedd9cf283b256b61e8080
 
 # Ensure that the list of O_ symbols used to compute O_FULLBLOCK is complete.
 dd = $(srcdir)/src/dd.c