Megatest

;;            
(define (runs:run-tests target runname test-names test-patts user flags)
  (common:clear-caches) ;; clear all caches
  (let* ((db          #f)
	 (keys        (cdb:remote-run db:get-keys #f))
	 (keyvallst   (keys:target->keyval keys target))
	 (run-id      (cdb:remote-run runs:register-run #f keys keyvallst runname "new" "n/a" user))  ;;  test-name)))
	 (keyvals     (if run-id (cdb:remote-run db:get-key-vals #f run-id) #f))
	 (deferred    '()) ;; delay running these since they have a waiton clause
	 ;; keepgoing is the defacto modality now, will add hit-n-run a bit later
	 ;; (keepgoing   (hash-table-ref/default flags "-keepgoing" #f))
	 (runconfigf   (conc  *toppath* "/runconfigs.config"))
	 (required-tests '())
	 (test-records (make-hash-table)))

    (set-megatest-env-vars run-id) ;; these may be needed by the launching process

    (if (file-exists? runconfigf)
	(setup-env-defaults runconfigf run-id *already-seen-runconfig-info* keys keyvals "pre-launch-env-vars")
	(debug:print 0 "WARNING: You do not have a run config file: " runconfigf))
    
    ;; look up all tests matching the comma separated list of globs in
    ;; test-patts (using % as wildcard)

    (set! test-names (tests:get-valid-tests *toppath* test-names))
    (set! test-names (delete-duplicates test-names))