3 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index 4fedf1d20..0f0fefae5 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.0
+7.1
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0b88a3c09..82ded9d1c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 7.1 (2009-02-21) [stable]
 
 ** New features
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 8078ef666..aa84b9f0b 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ gnulib_dir = /gnulib
 # Now that we have better (check.mk) tests, make this the default.
 export VERBOSE = yes
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 791cf10529d00853f6363ca67f360747  -
+old_NEWS_hash = fa6cba1740b3f385520c1b54d90859ca  -
 
 # Ensure that the list of O_ symbols used to compute O_FULLBLOCK is complete.
 dd = $(srcdir)/src/dd.c