RE: address@hidden: Emacs security bug]

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Mon, 12 May 2008, Marshall, Simon wrote:

>> > Probably the most reasonable fix, in the circumstances, is to
>> > make fast-lock-cache-directories a risky local variable and
>> > remove "." from its default value?
>> 
>> Sounds OK.

> Attached is a patch.  Simon.

> + (put 'fast-lock-cache-directories 'risky-local-variable t)

I think this will not work, since above line is only executed after
fast-lock has been loaded. So the symbol may not yet have the property
when the file variables are evaluated.

It would work if above line was moved to files.el.

Ulrich