Possible security problem -- File variables & `eval'

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From: Joseph C. Konczal
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 1990 19:03

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Sorry, I sent out a patch a couple hours ago that is not correct, it
produced an error message when I byte compiled it, and it won't work
right if your RMAIL file has been changed on disk since the last time
emacs has read it.  This one compiles correctly, and I tested both
changes this time.

diff rmail.el.orig rmail.el
106c106,107
<   (let* ((file-name (expand-file-name (or file-name-arg rmail-file-name)))
---
>   (let* ((inhibit-local-variables t)
> 	 (file-name (expand-file-name (or file-name-arg rmail-file-name)))
385,388c386,389
<       (progn
< 	(find-file (buffer-file-name))
< 	(if (verify-visited-file-modtime (current-buffer))
< 	    (rmail-forget-messages))))
---
>       (let ((inhibit-local-variables t)) 
> 	   (find-file (buffer-file-name))
> 	   (if (verify-visited-file-modtime (current-buffer))
> 	       (rmail-forget-messages))))

Joe Konczal
konczal@mail-gw.ncsl.nist.gov

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Subject: Possible security problem -- File variables & `eval'
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