Yes, it does.

On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 7:51 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow@gmail.com>
> > Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 05:20:20 +0000
> > Cc: 25108@debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> > It read t:%%-; clicking the mouse says it's "t -- raw-text-unix".
>
> That's a clear sign of a problem.
>
> Does the elisp.info file has a Local Variables section at its end
> which sets the file's encoding to be UTF-8?
>