--conf-file should read no file, not try and read the default file.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 7d8f73f..76abc14 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/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