Index: db.scm
==================================================================
--- db.scm
+++ db.scm
@@ -377,11 +377,11 @@
     (set! *global-delta* (/ (+ *global-delta* (* (- (current-milliseconds) start-ms)
 						 (if throttle throttle 0.01)))
 			    2))
     (if (> (abs (- *last-global-delta-printed* *global-delta*)) 0.08) ;; don't print all the time, only if it changes a bit
 	(begin
-	  (debug:print 1 "INFO: launch throttle factor=" *global-delta*)
+	  (debug:print 4 "INFO: launch throttle factor=" *global-delta*)
 	  (set! *last-global-delta-printed* *global-delta*)))
     res))
 
 (define (db:set-var db var val)
   (sqlite3:execute db "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO metadat (var,val) VALUES (?,?);" var val))

Index: launch.scm
==================================================================
--- launch.scm
+++ launch.scm
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@
 		;; (sqlite3:finalize! db)
 		;; (sqlite3:finalize! tdb)
 		(exit 1)))
 	  (change-directory *toppath*)
 
-	  (open-run-close-measure set-megatest-env-vars #f run-id) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
+	  (open-run-close set-megatest-env-vars #f run-id) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
 	  (change-directory work-area) 
 
 	  (open-run-close set-run-config-vars #f run-id)
 	  ;; environment overrides are done *before* the remaining critical envars.
 	  (alist->env-vars env-ovrd)