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23.1.91; Cannot load .emacs-history from savehist.el

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com, cyd <at> stupidchicken.com, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de,
	5303 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5303: 23.1.91; Cannot load .emacs-history from savehist.el
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:17:37 +0200

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>, "'Chong Yidong'" <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>,
>         <5303 <at> 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.

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