Subject: bug#12908: 24.3.50; file `emacs_backtrace.txt'?

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:23:12 +0200

> From: "Drew Adams" <[email-masked]>
> Cc: <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:02:27 -0800
> 
> > > And I'm thinking that the default location should perhaps 
> > > be somewhere under .emacs.d, perhaps with the dir that is
> > > currently used as the default recorded somehow.
> > 
> > This is dangerous, because accessing the home directory may involve
> > Lisp evaluation, e.g. if that directory is remote.  This facility must
> > be as simple and close to the bare metal as possible, or else it will
> > be more trouble than help.
> 
> Then put it under the Emacs installation directory.
> 
> The point is to get it away from user files.

Again, I just mimicked the behavior on Unix, as best as possible.
Please read the manual to learn where this information is put on Unix.