Issue with units_ok Parameter Not Recognized Despite Being Defined in housekeeping.conf

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I am encountering an issue while trying to generate a Circos plot. The problem relates to the units_ok parameter, which is defined in my housekeeping.conf file but is not being recognized during execution. The specific error message I receive is:

`````The parameter 'units_ok' is not defined (usually found in etc/housekeeping.conf). This parameter defines allowable units and is required. Set it to: units_ok = bupr      `````

1. housekeeping.conf Content:

   
   

   <housekeeping>
       auto_validate = yes
       auto_update = yes
       max_ideograms = 50
       units_ok = bupr
   </housekeeping>
   

2. Main Configuration File (circos.conf):

   
   

   <<include /path/to/housekeeping.conf>>

3. Running the following command confirms the units_ok parameter is parsed:

   
   

   circos -conf /path/to/circos.conf -cdump | grep 'units_ok'
   

   Output:   units_ok => 'bupr'

   
   

4. I used the -debug_group conf,unit flag to check configuration parsing. The output confirms the housekeeping.conf file is located and parsed but still shows:

   ````The parameter 'units_ok' is not defined (usually found in etc/housekeeping.conf). `````

Problem:

Despite the parameter being correctly defined and appearing in the -cdump output, running the actual Circos command results in the following error:

*** CIRCOS ERROR *** The parameter 'units_ok' is not defined (usually found in etc/housekeeping.conf).

I tried to verify the inclusion of housekeeping.conf in circus.conf. I used -cdump to ensure the parameter is parsed. I ran the command with -debug_group _to trace the issue but couldn't identify the root cause.

Has anyone encountered a similar issue where a parameter is recognized during parsing but not applied during execution?

Thank you!