Subject: bug#38317: Buffer-local variables don't work as history for read-from-minibuffer

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 07:24:46 -0800 (PST)

> "for the buffer selected when the minibuffer was activated."

A buffer isn't "selected"; it's "current".

In Emacs jargon, windows and frames are selected;
buffers are made current.