bug#31348: 26.1; savehist-save errors if savehist-file directory missing

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Allen Li <darkfeline@felesatra.moe> writes:

> savehist-save does not create output directory for savehist-file, e.g.:
>
> savehist-save: Opening output file: no such file or directory,
> /home/bob/some/new/cache/dir/history
>
> This is in contrast with other examples, such as
> filesets-menu-cache-file, which offers to create the directory if it
> does not exist.
>
> This is annoying because the error stops C-x C-c from being able to
> exit Emacs.

I've now changed this on the Emacs trunk so that it just creates the
directory (without prompting) before saving.

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