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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/progmodes/compile.el | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/compile.el b/lisp/progmodes/compile.el index 6b2b30edb96..0098caece92 100644 --- a/lisp/progmodes/compile.el +++ b/lisp/progmodes/compile.el @@ -567,7 +567,12 @@ especially the TAB character." (defcustom compilation-read-command t "Non-nil means \\[compile] reads the compilation command to use. -Otherwise, \\[compile] just uses the value of `compile-command'." +Otherwise, \\[compile] just uses the value of `compile-command'. + +Note that changing this to nil may be a security risk, because a +file might define a malicious `compile-command' as a file local +variable, and you might not notice. Therefore, `compile-command' +is considered unsafe if this variable is nil." :type 'boolean :group 'compilation) |