From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Clarification on using safe-local-variable-values Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:03:44 -0500 Message-ID: <87zmk05vrz.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <200603081955.k28JtxHO009985@chls308.ch.intel.com> <87oe0gu1kb.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <17423.16884.499749.8016@chls308.ch.intel.com> <87u0a8a9ki.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <17423.28072.2696.723424@chls308.ch.intel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1141862669 14198 80.91.229.2 (9 Mar 2006 00:04:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:04:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 09 01:04:24 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FH8da-0003Zr-PL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:04:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FH8dZ-000614-J7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:04:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FH8dC-0005ra-N0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:03:50 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FH8d6-0005kw-Uo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:03:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FH8d5-0005gm-H0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:03:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [18.95.6.38] (helo=outgoing.mit.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FH8g2-0005FS-5p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:06:46 -0500 Original-Received: by outgoing.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1E93C1E4142; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:03:44 -0500 (EST) Original-To: "Andrew M. Scott" In-Reply-To: <17423.28072.2696.723424@chls308.ch.intel.com> (Andrew M. Scott's message of "Wed, 8 Mar 2006 16:50:00 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:51390 Archived-At: "Andrew M. Scott" writes: > % mv .mailrc .mailrc.bak > % echo "# Local Variables:" >! .mailrc > % echo "# after-save-hook: ((lambda () (build-mail-aliases)))" >> .mailrc > % echo "# End:" >> .mailrc > > % cat .mailrc > # Local Variables: > # after-save-hook: ((lambda () (build-mail-aliases))) > # End: > > % emacs .mailrc and answer the prompt with "!" > > C-h v safe-local-variable-values returns nil > > safe-local-variable-values is a variable defined in `files.el'. > Its value is nil > ^^^^ this is wrong That is working as intended. Emacs does not save after-save-hook because that is a risky local variable, and those are never saved. We should probably avoid offering to save when the only local variables in the list are risky ones; I will implement that.