3 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index 292b2391..5e1b8b06 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.68b
+2.69
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 86f728ae..61e3bd2b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU Autoconf NEWS - User visible changes.
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 2.69 (2012-04-24) [stable]
 
 ** Autoconf now requires perl 5.6 or better (but generated configure
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index e79ff556..23ebe4ef 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ update-copyright-env = \
   UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_MAX_LINE_LENGTH=72
 
 # Prevent incorrect NEWS edits.
-old_NEWS_hash = 54ad39275441a2a3fcbe6182da4f84fb
+old_NEWS_hash = 8532b4ed4fb456eb71071a5cf8c258d4
 
 exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_undesirable_word_seq = \
   ^(maint\.mk|build-aux/texinfo\.tex)$$