(hack-local-variables): Don't signal an error if the local

variable section is not properly terminated.

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 5c123a8..45596d4 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2008-05-28  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
+       * files.el (hack-local-variables): Don't signal an error if the local
+       variable section is not properly terminated.
+
        * emacs-lisp/easymenu.el (easy-menu-convert-item)
        (easy-menu-convert-item-1): Move the duplicate-generation outside of
        the caching so it also works for identical entries.

diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 0fcbcb2..0dc8ba2 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -2860,7 +2860,10 @@ is specified, returning t if it is specified."
                          (re-search-forward
                           (concat prefix "[ \t]*End:[ \t]*" suffix)
                           nil t))
-                 (error "Local variables list is not properly terminated"))
+                  ;; This used to be an error, but really all it means is
+                  ;; that this may simply not be a local-variables section,
+                  ;; so just ignore it.
+                 (message "Local variables list is not properly terminated"))
                (beginning-of-line)
                (setq endpos (point)))