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From: "Björn Lindqvist" <bjourne@gmail.com>
To: 74627@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#74627: .dir-locals.el warning messages are confusing
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 18:20:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALG+76fJ3dh2ZQhRia3Gm2vvXiaD+3QQtHbc0OWi7yF8i3AP=w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Warnings about potential security issues should be easy to understand,
but the warnings produced by .dir-locals.el are not. When I open a
file in the Emacs source code it shows:

    The local variables list in /home/bjourne/p/emacs/
    or .dir-locals.el contains values that may not be safe (*).

Why does it say "or"? What does the asterisk (*) mean? Could the
descriptions for "!" and "i" be clearer so it is more obvious what is
applied and what is ignored?


-- 
mvh/best regards Björn Lindqvist





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