Megatest

	res)))

(define (launch:setup-body #!key (force #f) (areapath #f))
  (let* ((toppath  (or *toppath* areapath (getenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME"))) ;; preserve toppath
	 (runname  (common:args-get-runname))
	 (target   (common:args-get-target exit-if-bad: #t))
	 (linktree (common:get-linktree))
	 (contour  (args:get-arg "-contour"))
	 (contour  #f) ;; NOT READY FOR THIS (args:get-arg "-contour"))
	 (sections (if target (list "default" target) #f)) ;; for runconfigs
	 (mtconfig (or (args:get-arg "-config") "megatest.config")) ;; allow overriding megatest.config 
	 (rundir   (if (and runname target linktree)(conc linktree (if contour (conc "/" contour) "") "/" target "/" runname) #f))
	 (mtcachef (and rundir (conc rundir "/" ".megatest.cfg-"  megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash)))
	 (rccachef (and rundir (conc rundir "/" ".runconfigs.cfg-"  megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash)))
	 (cancreate (and rundir (file-exists? rundir)(file-write-access? rundir)))
         (cxt       (hash-table-ref/default *contexts* toppath #f)))

		  (begin
		    (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "you are not in a megatest area!")
		    (exit 1)))
	      (setenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" *toppath*)
	      ;; the seed read is done, now read runconfigs, cache it then read megatest.config one more time and cache it
	      (let* ((keys         (rmt:get-keys))
		     (key-vals     (keys:target->keyval keys target))
		     (linktree     (common:get-linktree))
		     (linktree     (or (getenv "MT_LINKTREE")
				       (if *configdat*
					   (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")
					   (conc *toppath* "/lt"))))
					; (or (getenv "MT_LINKTREE")
					;     (if *configdat*
					; 	   (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")
					; 	   (conc *toppath* "/lt"))))
		     (second-pass  (find-and-read-config
				    mtconfig
				    environ-patt: "env-override"
				    given-toppath: toppath
				    pathenvvar: "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME"))
		     (runconfigdat (begin     ;; this read of the runconfigs will see any adjustments made by re-reading megatest.config
				     (for-each (lambda (kt)

(define (create-work-area run-id run-info keyvals test-id test-src-path disk-path testname itemdat #!key (remtries 2))
  (let* ((item-path (if (string? itemdat) itemdat (item-list->path itemdat))) ;; if pass in string - just use it
	 (runname   (if (string? run-info) ;; if we pass in a string as run-info use it as run-name.
			run-info
			(db:get-value-by-header (db:get-rows run-info)
						(db:get-header run-info)
						"runname")))
	 (contour   (args:get-arg "-contour"))
	 (contour   #f) ;; NOT READY FOR THIS (args:get-arg "-contour"))
	 ;; convert back to db: from rdb: - this is always run at server end
	 (target   (string-intersperse (map cadr keyvals) "/"))

	 (not-iterated  (equal? "" item-path))

	 ;; all tests are found at <rundir>/test-base or <linkdir>/test-base
	 (testtop-base (conc target "/" runname "/" testname))

;; 4. remotely run the test on allocated host
;;    - could be ssh to host from hosts table (update regularly with load)
;;    - could be netbatch
;;      (launch-test db (cadr status) test-conf))
(define (launch-test test-id run-id run-info keyvals runname test-conf test-name test-path itemdat params)
  (mutex-lock! *launch-setup-mutex*) ;; setting variables and processing the testconfig is NOT thread-safe, reuse the launch-setup mutex
  (let* ((item-path       (item-list->path itemdat))
	 (contour         (args:get-arg "-contour")))
	 (contour         #f)) ;; NOT READY FOR THIS (args:get-arg "-contour")))
    (let loop ((delta        (- (current-seconds) *last-launch*))
	       (launch-delay (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "launch-delay") "5"))))
      (if (> launch-delay delta)
	  (begin
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Delaying launch of " test-name " for " (- launch-delay delta) " seconds")
	    (thread-sleep! (- launch-delay delta))
	    (loop (- (current-seconds) *last-launch*) launch-delay))))