Enable/Disable "Separate Book Files from Library" issue

[castle-samj]

Describe the bug/problem

If there is an invalid /path/to/altbooks in the input field for "Separate Book Files from Library" Calibre-Web will attempt to load from that path regardless of the tick box state.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:
0. On a working instance, logged in as an admin user..

1. Go to Settings > Edit Calibre Database Configuration
2. Select the box next to "Separate Book Files from Library"
3. Input a directory that is not the same as the "Location of Calibre Database"
   3.1. My exact change was in attempt to target a virtual library: "/path/to/Calibre-Library::virtual"
4. Save the new configuration
5. Deselect the tick box next to "Separate Book Files from Library" with the saved path still in the input field
6. Save configuration again
7. Load the a page with books to see a wall of "Cover Not Found"
8. Return to the Settings > Edit Calibre Database Configuration page
9. Select the tick box next to "Separate Book Files from Library"
10. Clear all text from the input box and save the configuration
11. Deselect the tick box next to "Separate Book Files from Library" and save configuration again
12. Load a page with books to see all cover art loading correctly

Logfile

Multiple lines of the following, but nothing else:
...
[2024-08-21 11:01:30,046] DEBUG {cps.tasks.thumbnail:175} Error updating book thumbnail: Book cover file not found
...

Expected behavior

Deselecting the tick box should result in not using the /path/to/altbooks dir, falling back to the base Calibre Database dir

Screenshots

N/A

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: RaspberryPi OS (Linux 6.6.31+rpt-rpi-2712 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.6.31-1+rpt1 (2024-05-29) aarch64)
• Python version: 3.11.2 (main, May 2 2024, 11:59:08) [GCC 12.2.0]
• Calibre-Web version: 0.6.23 - d3233b4 - 2024-08-05T18:42:13+02:00 - pyPi
• Docker container: None
• Special Hardware: RaspberryPi 5
• Browser: chromium-browser/stable,now 126.0.6478.164-rpt1 arm64

Additional context
None

[OzzieIsaacs]

Yeah I remember that the error handling in this cases was a bit tricky and I gave up at some point to check if it causes problems. I will have a look at it

[OzzieIsaacs]

Please check newest nightly version, it's now no longer possible to save a invalid path for split library location