diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b942aeaedba6..23454de488f2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bd8c540fe867c070810a3ef55541f41f7c189c9a
+refs/heads/master: 543cf4cb3fe6f6cae3651ba918b9c56200b257d0
diff --git a/trunk/Makefile b/trunk/Makefile
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--- a/trunk/Makefile
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 26
-EXTRAVERSION = -rc7
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc8
 NAME = Rotary Wombat
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*