$BOGOFILTER_DIR has no effect, rc example: bogofilter_dir not recognized

[Christian Ebert]

Hello,

Thanks for taking time to look into this.

* Masaru Nomiya on Monday, April 21, 2025 at 20:08:15 +0900:
> > [CE] == Christian Ebert <bcc at phloxic.productions> has written:
> 
> CE>  * Christian Ebert on Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:25:30 +0100:
> CE>  > * Christian Ebert on Friday, April 18, 2025 at 19:44:01 +0100:
> [...]
> CE>  man 1 bogofilter:
> 
> CE>  #v+
> CE>  ENVIRONMENT
> CE>         Bogofilter uses a database directory, which can be set in the config
> CE>         file. If not set there, bogofilter will use the value of
> CE>         BOGOFILTER_DIR. Both can be overridden by the -d dir option. If none of
> CE>         that is available, bogofilter will use directory $HOME/.bogofilter.
> CE>  #v-
> 
> CE>  Hm, the behaviour I get is very much like:
> 
> CE>  If not set in a config file, bogofilter-dir will be set "as defined in the
> CE>  bogofilter source code" _regardless_ of what the BOGOFILTER_DIR environment
> CE>  says.
> 
> CE>  i.e., BOGOFILTER_DIR never overrides bogofilter-dir - unless when
> CE>  manually set before invocation.
> 
> In short, to avoid this on MacOS, it is advisable to source .bashrc
> within .bash_profile to ensure consistent behavior across shell
> sessions.
> 
> Please look into Bash configuration files on MacOS.

$ cat ~/.bash_profile
if [ ! -r /etc/bashrc ]; then
     cat <<EOT
################################
# System-wide bashrc not found #
# or not readable!             #
################################
EOT
fi

if [ -r /Users/chris/.bashrc ]; then
     # shellcheck disable=SC1091
     . /Users/chris/.bashrc
fi

I really don't understand what's going on.

Did you try $BOGOFILTER_DIR with real mail traffic or just 
bogofilter -QQ?

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