Megatest

	     (hash-table-set! vals (car key) (cadr key))) ;; (cdb:remote-run db:get-run-key-val #f run-id (car key))))
	   keyvals)))
    ;; from the cached data set the vars
    (hash-table-for-each
     vals
     (lambda (key val)
       (debug:print 2 "setenv " key " " val)
       (if (and (string? key)
		(string? val))
       (setenv key val)))
	   (setenv key val)
	   (debug:print 0 "ERROR: Malformed environment variable definition: var=" var ", val=" val))))
    (if (not (get-environment-variable "MT_TARGET"))(setenv "MT_TARGET" target))
    (alist->env-vars (hash-table-ref/default *configdat* "env-override" '()))
    ;; Lets use this as an opportunity to put MT_RUNNAME in the environment
    (setenv "MT_RUNNAME" (if inrunname inrunname (cdb:remote-run db:get-run-name-from-id #f run-id)))
    (setenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" *toppath*)))

(define (set-item-env-vars itemdat)

    (if (not (hash-table-ref/default *test-meta-updated* test-name #f))
        (begin
	   (hash-table-set! *test-meta-updated* test-name #t)
           (runs:update-test_meta test-name test-conf)))
    
    ;; itemdat => ((ripeness "overripe") (temperature "cool") (season "summer"))
    (let* ((new-test-path (string-intersperse (cons test-path (map cadr itemdat)) "/"))
	   (test-id       (cdb:remote-run db:get-test-id #f  run-id test-name item-path))
	   (testdat       (cdb:get-test-info-by-id *runremote* test-id)))
	   (test-id       (cdb:remote-run db:get-test-id-cached #f  run-id test-name item-path))
	   (testdat       (if test-id (cdb:get-test-info-by-id *runremote* test-id) #f)))
      (if (not testdat)
	  (let loop ()
	    ;; ensure that the path exists before registering the test
	    ;; NOPE: Cannot! Don't know yet which disk area will be assigned....
	    ;; (system (conc "mkdir -p " new-test-path))
	    ;;
	    ;; (open-run-close tests:register-test db run-id test-name item-path)
	    ;;
	    ;; NB// for the above line. I want the test to be registered long before this routine gets called!
	    ;;
	    (set! test-id (cdb:remote-run db:get-test-id #f run-id test-name item-path))
	    (if (not test-id)(set! test-id (cdb:remote-run db:get-test-id-cached #f run-id test-name item-path)))
	    (if (not test-id)
		(begin
		  (debug:print 2 "WARN: Test not pre-created? test-name=" test-name ", item-path=" item-path ", run-id=" run-id)
		  (cdb:tests-register-test *runremote* run-id test-name item-path)
		  (set! test-id (cdb:remote-run db:get-test-id #f run-id test-name item-path))))
		  (set! test-id (cdb:remote-run db:get-test-id-cached #f run-id test-name item-path))))
	    (debug:print-info 4 "test-id=" test-id ", run-id=" run-id ", test-name=" test-name ", item-path=\"" item-path "\"")
	    (set! testdat (cdb:get-test-info-by-id *runremote* test-id))
	    (if (not testdat)
		(begin
		  (debug:print-info 0 "WARNING: server is overloaded, trying again in one second")
		  (thread-sleep! 1)
		  (loop)))))