multiple database updates?

[Dave Lovelace]

I'm planning to change the way we've got things set up (we've only been
trying this for a week or so), & was doing some testing, & I see something
I sure don't understand.

We have a systemwide bogofilter.cf, which has in it the default path for the
user's config file:
    bogofilter_dir=~/.bogofilter

I set up another dir for databases (by copying the files) in a directory
under /usr/local/etc.  For a user account I use for testing, I added
a line to that user's .bogofilter.cf file (& in fact this is the totality
of that file):
    bogofilter_dir=/usr/local/etc/bogofilter.lists

I then ran (logged into that account) this command:
    bogofilter -vs < testmsg

I see the following output:
    Created directory /path_to_home_dir/.bogofilter .
    # 160 words, 1 message
And, indeed, there is now a .bogofilter dir with database files in it.

Shouldn't the settings in the user's config file override the global
settings?

bogofilter -v shows:
    bogofilter version 0.11.1.3
    Copyright (C) 2002 Eric S. Raymond
and the disclaimer/distribution notice.

-- 
- Dave Lovelace
  dave at firstcomp.biz
  davel at cyberspace.org