Megatest

(define (assoc/default key lst . default)
  (let ((res (assoc key lst)))
    (if res (cadr res)(if (null? default) #f (car default)))))

(define (common:get-testsuite-name)
  (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "area-name") ;; megatest is a flexible tool, testsuite is too limiting a description.
      (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "testsuite" )
      (if (string? *toppath* )
          (pathname-file *toppath*)
          (pathname-file (current-directory)))))

(define common:get-area-name common:get-testsuite-name)

(define (common:get-db-tmp-area)
  (if *db-cache-path*
      *db-cache-path*
      (if *toppath*
	  (let ((dbpath (create-directory (conc "/tmp/" (current-user-name)
						"/megatest_localdb/"
						(common:get-testsuite-name) "/"
						(string-translate *toppath* "/" ".")) #t)))
	    (set! *db-cache-path* dbpath)
	    dbpath)
	  #f)))

(define (common:get-area-path-signature)
  (message-digest-string (md5-primitive) *toppath*))

(define (common:get-signature str)
  (message-digest-string (md5-primitive) str))

;;
(define (common:on-homehost?)
  (let ((hh (common:get-homehost)))
    (if hh
	(cdr hh)
	#f)))

;; do we honor the caches of the config files?
;;
(define (common:use-cache?)
  (not (or (args:get-arg "-no-cache")
	   (and *configdat*
		(equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "use-cache") "no")))))

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;; items in lista are matched value and position in listb
;; return the remaining items in listb or #f
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