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| -rw-r--r-- | src/qt/intro.cpp | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/qt/intro.cpp b/src/qt/intro.cpp index 26efc4a788..f342606495 100644 --- a/src/qt/intro.cpp +++ b/src/qt/intro.cpp @@ -189,7 +189,12 @@ void Intro::pickDataDirectory() settings.setValue("strDataDir", dataDir); } - SoftSetArg("-datadir", GUIUtil::qstringToBoostPath(dataDir).string()); // use OS locale for path setting + /* Only override -datadir if different from the default, to make it possible to + * override -datadir in the bitcoin.conf file in the default data directory + * (to be consistent with bitcoind behavior) + */ + if(dataDir != getDefaultDataDirectory()) + SoftSetArg("-datadir", GUIUtil::qstringToBoostPath(dataDir).string()); // use OS locale for path setting } void Intro::setStatus(int status, const QString &message, quint64 bytesAvailable) |