From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Unsafe file variables... Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 12:25:20 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1081096280 5932 80.91.224.253 (4 Apr 2004 16:31:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 16:31:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 04 18:31:16 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BAAWi-0004rN-00 for ; Sun, 04 Apr 2004 18:31:16 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BAAWh-00070r-01 for ; Sun, 04 Apr 2004 18:31:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BAAW7-0001yx-Tb for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2004 12:30:39 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BAAVs-0001u2-1S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2004 12:30:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BAAR5-0008AZ-Nr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2004 12:25:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BAAR3-00089Y-9k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2004 12:25:25 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1BAAQy-0003Tv-3R; Sun, 04 Apr 2004 12:25:20 -0400 Original-To: David Kastrup In-reply-to: (message from David Kastrup on 03 Apr 2004 21:06:03 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:21241 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:21241 Something like that. I would then customize a variable that tells whose signatures I trust enough not to get the stupid question again and again. Obviously, this also makes it possible for me to look at the local variable block once, decide that it is good enough for me, and sign it. It looks good to me, but it would be good to get comments from security experts.