From 738bd25727159418a24649a14c48e67b05c293ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:30:16 +0100
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 d4ce17d7d..5cb42eb14 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.11
+9.12
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9a56897a5..b59f543ec 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 9.12 (2026-09-14) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index a9f56edfb..45bef86c1 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 6be180da274a8719bdb5bf771502ef5b
+old_NEWS_hash = 078ebe66312fe06ceac192cd5a8423ec
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = \