3 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index 37722ebbc..c382960e3 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.4
+7.5
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 601d73251..2c744b15d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 7.5 (2009-08-20) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 7a26f4f15..05dbb39b9 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 = 8ed224902e335a80ec8340cd0d594d7f
+old_NEWS_hash = 93ff8e5850f630855f9e834fec416830
 
 # Ensure that the list of O_ symbols used to compute O_FULLBLOCK is complete.
 dd = $(srcdir)/src/dd.c