Index: lisp/ChangeLog
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.9010
diff -u -p -r1.9010 ChangeLog
--- lisp/ChangeLog	22 Jan 2006 16:24:53 -0000	1.9010
+++ lisp/ChangeLog	22 Jan 2006 17:21:10 -0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-01-22  Arne J,Ax(Brgensen  <arne@arnested.dk>
+
+	* international/latexenc.el (latexenc-find-file-coding-system):
+	Only try to read TeX-master if it is a regular file.
+
 2006-01-22  Andre Spiegel  <spiegel@gnu.org>
 
 	* vc-rcs.el (vc-rcs-state-heuristic): Use file-attributes with
Index: lisp/international/latexenc.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/international/latexenc.el,v
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -p -r1.11 latexenc.el
--- lisp/international/latexenc.el	2 Dec 2005 13:24:11 -0000	1.11
+++ lisp/international/latexenc.el	22 Jan 2006 17:21:14 -0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; latexenc.el --- guess correct coding system in LaTeX files
 
-;; Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Arne J,Ax(Brgensen <arne@arnested.dk>
 ;; Keywords: mule, coding system, latex
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ coding system names is determined from `
                   (setq latexenc-main-file (tex-guess-main-file)))))
             ;; if we found a master/main file get the coding system from it
             (if (and latexenc-main-file
+                     (file-regular-p latexenc-main-file)
                      (file-readable-p latexenc-main-file))
                 (let* ((latexenc-dont-use-tex-guess-main-file-flag t)
                        (latexenc-dont-use-TeX-master-flag t)