VOL-4202 - always attempt to expand config path

Change-Id: Iadd26fc448f44cc1a7a0eefcf130c26e1391542c
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 15d45d4..1df3b82 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.9
+1.6.10