Megatest

	  (cond
	   ((string? res) res) ;;; FIX THE ROOT CAUSE HERE ....
	   ((null? res)   #f)
	   ((string? (cdr res)) (cdr res))  ;; it is a pair
	   ((string? (cadr res))(cadr res)) ;; it is a list
	   (else cadr res))))))

(define (mt:lazy-read-test-config test-name)
  (let ((tconf (hash-table-ref/default *testconfigs* test-name #f)))
    (if tconf
	tconf
	(let ((test-dirs (tests:get-tests-search-path *configdat*)))
	  (let loop ((hed (car test-dirs))
		     (tal (cdr test-dirs)))
	    ;; Setting MT_LINKTREE here is almost certainly unnecessary. 
	    (let ((tconfig-file (conc hed "/" test-name "/testconfig")))
	      (if (and (common:file-exists? tconfig-file)
		       (file-read-access? tconfig-file))
		  (let ((link-tree-path (common:get-linktree)) ;; (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree"))
			(old-link-tree  (get-environment-variable "MT_LINKTREE")))
		    (if link-tree-path (setenv "MT_LINKTREE" link-tree-path))
		    (let ((newtcfg (configf:read-config tconfig-file #f #f))) ;; NOTE: Does NOT run [system ...]
		      (hash-table-set! *testconfigs* test-name newtcfg)
		      (if old-link-tree 
			  (setenv "MT_LINKTREE" old-link-tree)
			  (unsetenv "MT_LINKTREE"))
		      newtcfg))
		  (if (null? tal)
		      (begin
			(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "No readable testconfig found for " test-name)
			#f)
		      (loop (car tal)(cdr tal))))))))))

)