Subject: bug#13862: 24.3.50; File local-variables error: (error "Local variables entry is missing the prefix")

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:47:07 -0500

> So I think Glenn is right about the solution.  Diffs don't have
> contents of their own (well, except for the hunk headers), so looking
> up diffs for file-local variables doesn't make much sense.

Actually, diff files can have any other text beside the diff itself, and
so you can very easily add file local variables in there.
But it's probably OK to inhibit them, because I don't think they're
often/ever used.

        Stefan