@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 
 # make install CSCOPTS='-accumulate-profile -profile-name $(PWD)/profile-ww$(shell date +%V.%u)'
 # rm <files>.o ; make install CSCOPTS='-profile' ; ... ;  chicken-profile | less
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PREFIX=$(PWD)/tmpinstall
-CSCOPTS=
+
 INSTALL=install
 SRCFILES = common.scm items.scm launch.scm \
    ods.scm runconfig.scm server.scm \
    db.scm keys.scm margs.scm megatest-version.scm \
    process.scm runs.scm tasks.scm tests.scm genexample.scm \
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@
    ezsteps.scm lock-queue.scm sdb.scm \
    rmt.scm api.scm subrun.scm \
    portlogger.scm archive.scm env.scm diff-report.scm cgisetup/models/pgdb.scm
 
 # module source files
-MSRCFILES = ftail.scm 
+MSRCFILES = ftail.scm
 #  mtcommon.scm mtdb.scm mtconfigf.scm
+
 
 # Eggs to install (straightforward ones)
 EGGS=matchable readline apropos base64 regex-literals format regex-case test coops trace csv \
 dot-locking posix-utils posix-extras directory-utils hostinfo tcp-server rpc csv-xml fmt \
 json md5 awful http-client spiffy uri-common intarweb spiffy-request-vars \
@@ -45,10 +46,12 @@
 
 OFILES   = $(SRCFILES:%.scm=%.o)
 GOFILES  = $(GUISRCF:%.scm=%.o)
 
 MOFILES = $(MSRCFILES:%.scm=%.o)
+
+
 
 %.o : %.scm ../adat.scm
 	csc $(CSCOPTS) -J -c $< -o $*.o
 
 ADTLSCR=mt_laststep mt_runstep mt_ezstep
@@ -57,11 +60,17 @@
 MTESTHASH=$(shell fossil info|grep checkout:| awk '{print $$2}')
 
 MT_EGGS_BASE=$(PREFIX)/eggs
 MT_EGGS_DIR=$(MT_EGGS_BASE)/lib/chicken/7
 MTEGGS=$(MT_EGGS_DIR)/mtconfigf.so
-CHICKEN_REPOSITORY=$(MT_EGGS_BASE)
+CHICKEN_REPOSITORY=$(MT_EGGS_DIR)
+export CHICKEN_REPOSITORY
+CSCOPTS=-Wl,-rpath,$(MT_EGGS_DIR)
+
+
+# prefix commands with $(withenv) following as a means to collect env vars for compilation...
+withenv=CHICKEN_REPOSITORY=$(MT_EGGS_DIR) 
 
 ifeq ($(MTESTHASH),)
 $(error MTESTHASH is broken!)
 endif
 
@@ -77,11 +86,11 @@
 PNGFILES = $(shell cd docs/manual;ls *png)
 
 #all : $(PREFIX)/bin/.$(ARCHSTR) mtest dboard mtut ndboard
 all : $(PREFIX)/bin/.$(ARCHSTR) mtest dboard mtut eggs
 
-mtest: $(OFILES) readline-fix.scm megatest.o $(MOFILES)
+mtest: $(OFILES) readline-fix.scm megatest.o $(MOFILES) $(MTEGGS)
 	csc $(CSCOPTS) $(OFILES) $(MOFILES) megatest.o -o mtest
 
 showmtesthash:
 	@echo $(MTESTHASH)
 
@@ -164,11 +173,11 @@
 #
 $(MT_EGGS_DIR) :
 	mkdir -p $(MT_EGGS_DIR)
 
 $(MT_EGGS_DIR)/types.db : $(MT_EGGS_DIR)
-	cp -rs $(CKREPOSITORY)/ $(MT_EGGS_BASE)/lib/chicken/
+	cp -rsf $(CKREPOSITORY)/ $(MT_EGGS_BASE)/lib/chicken/
 
 #	chicken-install -init $(MT_EGGS_DIR)
 
 $(MT_EGGS_DIR)/mtconfigf.so : $(MT_EGGS_DIR)/types.db $(MTUTILS_DIR)/mtconfigf/mtconfigf.scm
 	cd $(MTUTILS_DIR)/mtconfigf && chicken-install -prefix $(MT_EGGS_BASE)