We believe that your issue has been closed by the upload of
Version 0.3.78 of grml-etc-core from Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>.
The explanation is attached below

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Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:47:16 +0100
Source: grml-etc-core
Binary: grml-etc-core
Architecture: source all
Version: 0.3.78
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>
Changed-By: Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>
Description: 
 grml-etc-core - core ecetera files for the grml system
Changes: 
 grml-etc-core (0.3.78) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Michael Prokop ]
   * Apply patch by Axel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org> (thanks!) which
     adds Emacs local variables at EOF equivalent to vim's.
     [Closes: issue745]
 .
   [ Frank Terbeck ]
   * zshrc: Fixed a bug in vcs_info which led to an endless loop, when
     a directory had really screwy premissions. Noticed by Christian
     Hofstaedtler.
 .
   [ Ulrich Dangel ]
   * Added top configuration file to skel directory. Thanks to Andras
     Korn for the idea. [Closes: issue755]
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Thanks Axel, I've applied it in our git tree:

http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-etc-core.git;a=commit;h=23875c2        Update 
changelog | 2009-10-22 02:56:30 +0200
http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-etc-core.git;a=commit;h=d0d83ab        Add Emacs 
local variables at EOF equivalent to vim's. | 2009-10-10 13:53:46 +0200

regards,
-mika-

From 047c13af74e6608410ea393abd92452f76603774 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:53:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add Emacs local variables at EOF equivalent to vim's.

---
 etc/zsh/zshrc |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/zsh/zshrc b/etc/zsh/zshrc
index 43e77a1..a4fb573 100644
--- a/etc/zsh/zshrc
+++ b/etc/zsh/zshrc
@@ -4424,3 +4424,6 @@ zrclocal
 
 ## END OF FILE #################################################################
 # vim:filetype=zsh foldmethod=marker autoindent expandtab shiftwidth=4
+# Local variables:
+# mode: sh
+# End:
-- 
1.6.4.3