On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 5:37 AM Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> wrote:

Yes, thanks!

I think I've nailed it - normal-mode is calling hack-local-variables
right at the start, when it shouldn't.

Could you please try out the following patch (which I've also posted for
bug #23463):

Thanks! That fixes the bug for me; I tested it both on that MWE and running the master build with fixed files.el using my full-blown config :)