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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Juanma Barranquero <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:54:09 +0200
> Cc: Glenn Morris <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> 
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 19:18, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > So Juanma's question is still valid: how does the Unix build avoid
> > compiling gnus/.dir-locals.el?
> 
> I think Glenn just said it: apparently, on Unix it does not compile dotfiles.

How does it do that?

Ignoring dotfiles on Unix is not magic nor OS-level trick: an
application, such as `ls', must actively omit them from processing.
Where are they omitted during bootstrap's byte compilation?