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Try putting:

(setq require-final-newline nil)

in your .emacs

Documentation:
*Value of t says silently ensure a file ends in a newline when it is
saved.  Non-nil but not t says ask user whether to add a newline when
there isn't one. nil means don't add newlines.

-Dan