safe-local-variable-values does not work for one variable

safe-local-variable-values does not work for one variable

[Karl Voit]

Hi!

In general, safe-local-variable-values works as expected at my side.
However, I've got an Org-mode file with following local variable:

: %%% Local Variables:
: %%% reftex-default-bibliography: '("~/archive/library")
: %%%% End:

Each time I start my Emacs[1], I get asked the usual
yes/no/accept_as_safe question regarding this local variable.

I press "!" to mark/store it as being safe. I get the message: 

: Saving file /home/vk/hosts/all/config/emacs.d/init-gary.el...

NOTE: This is a symlink to /home/vk/hosts/all/config/emacs.d/init.el
and /home/vk/hosts/all/config/emacs.d is linked to ~/.emacs.d -> so
this indirection is working in general and thus, the symlinks should
not cause this issue: "grep bibliography ~/.emacs.d/init.el" is
returning the saved custom-set-variables as expected:

,----
| (custom-set-variables
|  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
|  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
|  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
|  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
|  '(inhibit-startup-screen t)
|  '(safe-local-variable-values
|    (quote
|     ((reftex-default-bibliography quote
|                                   ("~/archive/library"))
|      (flyspell-default-dictionary . "en_US")
|      (eval ispell-change-dictionary "american")
|      (eval ispell-change-dictionary "german8")
|      (flyspell-default-dictionary . "german8")
|      (eval ispell-change-dictionary "de_AT")
|      (eval ispell-change-dictionary "en_US")
|      (eval flyspell-mode 1)))))
`----

How can I get rid of this behavior so that Emacs starts without
asking me the same question every time?


  1. GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.2)
  of 2014-01-01 on gkar, modified by Debian

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Re: safe-local-variable-values does not work for one variable

[Michael Heerdegen]

Karl Voit <devnull@Karl-Voit.at> writes:

> : %%% Local Variables:
> : %%% reftex-default-bibliography: '("~/archive/library")
> : %%%% End:

You don't need to quote list expressions in local variable specs.

> Each time I start my Emacs[1], I get asked the usual
> yes/no/accept_as_safe question regarding this local variable.
>
> I press "!" to mark/store it as being safe. I get the message: 
>
> : Saving file /home/vk/hosts/all/config/emacs.d/init-gary.el...
>
> NOTE: This is a symlink to /home/vk/hosts/all/config/emacs.d/init.el
> and /home/vk/hosts/all/config/emacs.d is linked to ~/.emacs.d -> so
> this indirection is working in general and thus, the symlinks should
> not cause this issue: "grep bibliography ~/.emacs.d/init.el" is
> returning the saved custom-set-variables as expected:

I'm not sure whether your problem comes from symlinking.

Are you sure your custom file is loaded when you start Emacs?  What's
the value of `safe-local-variable-values' after starting Emacs?


Michael.