[email protected], 08.01.2009:
> 
> My vim just got updated to 7.2 today.  Now, when I edit a file containing
> only the line
> 
> vi: a
> 
> I get this error message:
> 
> Error detected while processing modelines:
> line    1:
> E518: Unknown option: a
> Press ENTER or type command to continue
> 
> Try it!  Or let me know what I'm missing.

This is not a bug. The line is interpreted as a modeline, but it's not
intended to be a modeline.
:help auto-setting

Modelines are not new, probably it just was not enabled in any of the
vimrc files in your old installation. I was also several times hit by it
when editing .git/config in my Vim git repository.

Markus


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