Cannot feed configuration files to lookupd started in interactive mode

Question

The manual page of lookupd states that lookupd may be run in an interactive mode if started with the -d option.
It also says:
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This second copy of lookupd runs independently of the system's ``main''
lookupd and does not provide information to other programs running on
your system. This allows you to try queries and test configuration
options without disturbing normal operations. The second copy of lookupd
will attempt to read its configuration options from a NetInfo directory
named /locations/lookupd_debug (NetInfo) or /etc/lookupd_debug (files).
If they don't exist, it will try /locations/lookupd or /etc/lookupd.
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I created the 'global' configuration file in /etc/lookupd_debug/ but it seems that lookupd doesn't read it:
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xfox% pwd
/private/etc/lookupd_debug
xfox% ls -l
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 265 Oct 25 15:54 global
xfox% cat global
LogFile /Users/xfox/lookupd_debug.log
LogPriority 7
xfox%sudo lookupd -d
Password:
lookupd version 369.5 (root 2006.02.10 04:16:23 UTC)
Enter command name, "help", or "quit" to exit
configuration
Array: "Configuration"
==> 8 objects
Dictionary: "Global Configuration"
ConfigSource: default
LookupOrder: Cache NI DS
MaxIdleServers: 4
MaxIdleThreads: 2
MaxThreads: 64
TimeToLive: 43200
Timeout: 30
ValidateCache: YES
ValidationLatency: 15
configname: Global Configuration
Dictionary: "Host Configuration"
LookupOrder: Cache FF DNS NI DS
configname: Host Configuration
Dictionary: "Service Configuration"
LookupOrder: Cache FF NI DS
configname: Service Configuration
Dictionary: "Protocol Configuration"
LookupOrder: Cache FF NI DS
configname: Protocol Configuration
Dictionary: "Rpc Configuration"
LookupOrder: Cache FF NI DS
configname: Rpc Configuration
Dictionary: "Group Configuration"
TimeToLive: 60
ValidateCache: NO
configname: Group Configuration
Dictionary: "Initgroup Configuration"
TimeToLive: 300
ValidateCache: NO
configname: Initgroup Configuration
Dictionary: "Network Configuration"
LookupOrder: Cache FF DNS NI DS
configname: Network Configuration
<== 8 objects
<div class="jive-quote">quit
xfox%
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Look for the line "ConfigSource: default".
I think it should be something else when lookupd read its configuration from a file. Indeed, no log file is created into my home directory.
What am I missing?

Answer 1

I filed a bug report.