Index: common.scm
==================================================================
--- common.scm
+++ common.scm
@@ -466,15 +466,13 @@
     res))
 
 (define (common:args-get-target #!key (split #f))
   (let* ((keys    (if *configdat* (keys:config-get-fields *configdat*) '()))
 	 (numkeys (length keys))
-	 (target  (if (args:get-arg "-reqtarg")
-		      (args:get-arg "-reqtarg")
-		      (if (args:get-arg "-target")
-			  (args:get-arg "-target")
-			  (getenv "MT_TARGET"))))
+	 (target  (or (args:get-arg "-reqtarg")
+		      (args:get-arg "-target")
+		      (getenv "MT_TARGET")))
 	 (tlist   (if target (string-split target "/" #t) '()))
 	 (valid   (if target
 		      (and (not (null? tlist))
 			   (eq? numkeys (length tlist))
 			   (null? (filter string-null? tlist)))
@@ -483,11 +481,11 @@
 	(if split
 	    tlist
 	    target)
 	(if target
 	    (begin
-	      (debug:print 0 "ERROR: Invalid target, spaces or blanks not allowed \"" target "\", target should be: " (string-intersperse keys "/"))
+	      (debug:print 0 "ERROR: Invalid target, spaces or blanks not allowed \"" target "\", target should be: " (string-intersperse keys "/") ", have " tlist " for elements")
 	      #f)
 	    #f))))
 
 ;;======================================================================
 ;; M I S C   L I S T S

Index: megatest.scm
==================================================================
--- megatest.scm
+++ megatest.scm
@@ -830,10 +830,17 @@
       (set! *didsomething* #t)))
 
 ;; cache the runconfigs in $MT_LINKTREE/$MT_TARGET/$MT_RUNNAME/.runconfig
 ;;
 (define (full-runconfigs-read)
+;; in the envprocessing branch the below code replaces the further below code
+;;  (if (eq? *configstatus* 'fulldata)
+;;      *runconfigdat*
+;;      (begin
+;;	(launch:setup)
+;;	*runconfigdat*)))
+
   (let* ((rundir (if (and (getenv "MT_LINKTREE")(getenv "MT_TARGET")(getenv "MT_RUNNAME"))
 		     (conc (getenv "MT_LINKTREE") "/" (getenv "MT_TARGET") "/" (getenv "MT_RUNNAME"))
 		     #f))
 	 (cfgf   (if rundir (conc rundir "/.runconfig." megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash) #f)))
     (if (and cfgf