Re: lisp/gnus/.dir-locals.el

[Stefan Monnier]

>> > Stefan, why do you object?  .dir-locals.el is not a valid
>> > Lisp file, so it can never be compiled successfully, except by chance.
>> I only disagreed that adding such a line was a better solution than to
>> fix `recompile'.
> Glenn fixed `recompile', but that does not help "make bootstrap",
> because the latter byte-compiles each .el file in a separate Emacs, it
> doesn't use `recompile'.

>> Just like using "*.el" (which is documented on Unix to skip hidden
>> files) is a better solution.
> When the w32 Emacs is built using a Unixy shell, the dot-files can be
> skipped as they are on Unix.  But we also support building Emacs with
> the stock Windows shell, which knows nothing about dot-files.

Is there some other way to let the lisp/gnus/.dir-locals.el be hidden so
the Windows shell doesn't list it in its "glob" output?


        Stefan