Re: autoload failure

[Jason Rumney]

Stefan <address@hidden> writes:

>> The path "/cygdrive/d/pub/emacs" is not valid on Windows.  It is an
>> indication that you are using Cygwin make, which the docs explicitly
>> say to avoid for this reason.
>
> I really think it would be more constructive to add a file-name-handler
> for "/cygdrive/" seeing how common this kind of problem is (it might at
> least save us some time replying to such email).

Its there already I beleive:

2001-10-29  Sam Steingold  <address@hidden>

        * w32-fns.el (convert-standard-filename): Handle cygwin-specific
        "/cygdrive/LETTER/" pathnames.


The problem is that this is happening during bootstrap, when
w32-fns.el is not loaded yet.