Index: common.scm
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--- common.scm
+++ common.scm
@@ -43,14 +43,18 @@
 (define home (getenv "HOME"))
 (define user (getenv "USER"))
 
 ;; GLOBAL GLETCHES
 (define *db-keys* #f)
-(define *configinfo* #f)
-(define *configdat*  #f)
-(define *toppath*    #f)
+
+(define *configinfo*   #f)   ;; raw results from setup, includes toppath and table from megatest.config
+(define *runconfigdat* #f)   ;; run configs data
+(define *configdat*    #f)   ;; megatest.config data
+(define *configstatus* #f)   ;; status of data; 'fulldata : all processing done, #f : no data yet, 'partialdata : partial read done
+(define *toppath*      #f)
 (define *already-seen-runconfig-info* #f)
+
 (define *waiting-queue*     (make-hash-table))
 (define *test-meta-updated* (make-hash-table))
 (define *globalexitstatus*  0) ;; attempt to work around possible thread issues
 (define *passnum*           0) ;; when running track calls to run-tests or similar
 (define *write-frequency*   (make-hash-table)) ;; run-id => (vector (current-seconds) 0))
@@ -447,17 +451,24 @@
 			       rtestpatt)
 			  args-testpatt)))
     (if rtestpatt (debug:print-info 0 "TESTPATT from runconfigs: " rtestpatt))
     testpatt))
 
+(define (common:get-linktree)
+  (or (getenv "MT_LINKTREE")
+      (if *configdat*
+	  (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree"))))
+
 (define (common:args-get-runname)
-  (or (args:get-arg "-runname")
-      (args:get-arg ":runname")
-      (getenv "MT_RUNNAME")))
+  (let ((res (or (args:get-arg "-runname")
+		 (args:get-arg ":runname")
+		 (getenv "MT_RUNNAME"))))
+    ;; (if res (set-environment-variable "MT_RUNNAME" res)) ;; not sure if this is a good idea. side effect and all ...
+    res))
 
 (define (common:args-get-target #!key (split #f))
-  (let* ((keys    (keys:config-get-fields *configdat*))
+  (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")