bug#5303: 23.1.91; Cannot load .emacs-history from savehist.el

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz@gnu.org>, "'Chong Yidong'" 
> <cyd@stupidchicken.com>,
>         <5303@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:32:03 -0800
> 
> Obviously, speaking generally, this needs to be fixed before the 23.2 release,
> since it is a _regression_. The problem never manifested itself previously
> (Emacs 20 through 23.1 release), even if, as some have suggested, 23.1 perhaps
> dodged a bullet.
> 
> AFAIK, the default location on Windows for files such as .emacs-history (for
> savehist.el) is C:/ (or perhaps $HOME, defaulting to C:/). 
> 
> Other Windows users _will_ hit this bug. Some solution needs to be found now,
> IMO.

Don't worry, it will be fixed, one way or the other.