From baa1fe41f9a2697e2d5847c8e1c97996560d56d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:08:47 +0200
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 aedc15bb..fe16b348 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.3
+2.5.4
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 07333e0c..679bf94c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 NEWS - list of user-visible changes between releases of GNU Libtool
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 2.5.4 (2024-11-20) [stable]
 
 ** New features:
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index b96bb1c1..3eb7f610 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ update-release-year:
 		m4/libtool.m4
 
 # Set format of NEWS.
-old_NEWS_hash := 61ef5bb8af40dc806027f40d99f8c980
+old_NEWS_hash := d51e62d3a4268be1a7b418b089c528d0
 
 manual_title = Portable Dynamic Shared Object Management