--conf-file should read no file, not try and read the default file.

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+version 2.74
+            Fix reversion in 2.73 where --conf-file would attempt to
+	    read the default file, rather than no file.
+
+	
 version 2.73
             Fix crash at startup when an empty suffix is supplied to
 	    --conf-dir, also trivial memory leak. Thanks to 

src/option.c

@@ -4371,7 +4371,7 @@ void read_opts(int argc, char **argv, char *compile_opts)
 {
   char *buff = opt_malloc(MAXDNAME);
   int option, conffile_opt = '7', testmode = 0;
-  char *arg, *conffile = NULL;
+  char *arg, *conffile = CONFFILE;
       
   opterr = 0;
 
@@ -4488,11 +4488,8 @@ void read_opts(int argc, char **argv, char *compile_opts)
   if (conffile)
     {
       one_file(conffile, conffile_opt);
-      free(conffile);
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      one_file(CONFFILE, conffile_opt);
+      if (conffile_opt == 0)
+	free(conffile);
     }
 
   /* port might not be known when the address is parsed - fill in here */