Yeah, that makes sense; thanks for the explanation. Apologies for not phrasing my question clearly. This setting is respecting ``root_dir`` as configured in syspaths as Salt starts up for the first time. If you point ``root_dir`` in your master config elsewhere though this config setting doesn't pick up the new ``root_dir``. The problem seems to be the difference in "import time" vs "execution time".

What is the best way (or place) to use syspaths to define defaults like this but that can still be updated after the Salt configs are pulled in?