From 99f8ed8d467878c5e6ce9719d4035d3f04747d9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Oliver <git@mavit.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:25:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?make-news-html-file:=20Don=E2=80=99t=20assume?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20NEWS=20has=20local=20variables?=
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* admin/admin.el (make-news-html-file): Don't error if no "Local
variables" section is found.

Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes
---
 admin/admin.el | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/admin/admin.el b/admin/admin.el
index bb83de45a95..f05dc0980e1 100644
--- a/admin/admin.el
+++ b/admin/admin.el
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ $Date: %s $
 
     ;; Delete buffer local variables.
     (goto-char (point-max))
-    (when (re-search-backward "Local variables:")
+    (when (re-search-backward "Local variables:" nil t)
       (forward-line -1)
       (delete-region (point) (point-max)))