diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7e8f30aebff8..c8ae23cd2a10 100644
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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 59da1f87b276c593b852766c2fdcad62835970f7
+refs/heads/master: 929096fe9ff1f4b3645cf3919527ab47e8d5e17c
diff --git a/trunk/Makefile b/trunk/Makefile
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 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 28
-EXTRAVERSION = -rc8
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc9
 NAME = Erotic Pickled Herring
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*