Megatest

    (debug:print-info 4 "START OF INNER COND #2 "
		      "\n can-run-more:    " can-run-more
		      "\n testname:        " hed
		      "\n prereqs-not-met: " (runs:pretty-string prereqs-not-met)
		      "\n non-completed:   " (runs:pretty-string non-completed) 
		      "\n fails:           " (runs:pretty-string fails)
		      "\n testmode:        " testmode
		      "\n (member 'toplevel testmode): " (member 'toplevel testmode)
		      "\n (null? non-completed):    " (null? non-completed)
		      "\n reruns:          " reruns
		      "\n items:           " items
		      "\n can-run-more:    " can-run-more)

    (cond
     ;; all prereqs met, fire off the test

		  (debug:print 0 "WARNING: this condition is triggered when there were no items to expand and nothing to run. Please check your run for completeness")
		  (exit 0))
		(set! runs:nothing-left-in-queue-count (+ runs:nothing-left-in-queue-count 1)))
	    #f)))

     ;; 
     ((or (null? prereqs-not-met)
	  (and (member 'toplevel testmode)
	       (null? non-completed)))
      (debug:print-info 4 "runs:expand-items: (or (null? prereqs-not-met) (and (member 'toplevel testmode)(null? non-completed)))")
      (let ((test-name (tests:testqueue-get-testname test-record)))
	(setenv "MT_TEST_NAME" test-name) ;; 
	(setenv "MT_RUNNAME"   runname)
	(set-megatest-env-vars run-id inrunname: runname) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
	(let ((items-list (items:get-items-from-config tconfig)))
	  (if (list? items-list)
	      (begin

	  (begin
	    (debug:print-info 1 "no fails in prerequisites for " hed " but nothing seen running in a while, dropping test " hed " from the run queue")
	    (list (runs:queue-next-hed tal reg reglen regfull)
		  (runs:queue-next-tal tal reg reglen regfull)
		  (runs:queue-next-reg tal reg reglen regfull)
		  reruns))))

     ((and (not (null? fails))(member 'normal testmode))
      (debug:print-info 1 "test "  hed " (mode=" testmode ") has failed prerequisite(s); "
			(string-intersperse (map (lambda (t)(conc (db:test-get-testname t) ":" (db:test-get-state t)"/"(db:test-get-status t))) fails) ", ")
			", removing it from to-do list")
      (if (or (not (null? reg))(not (null? tal)))
	  (begin
	    (hash-table-set! test-registry hed 'CANNOTRUN)
	    (list (runs:queue-next-hed tal reg reglen regfull)
		  (runs:queue-next-tal tal reg reglen regfull)
		  (runs:queue-next-reg tal reg reglen regfull)
		  (cons hed reruns)))
	  #f)) ;; #f flags do not loop

     ((and (not (null? fails))(member 'toplevel testmode))
      (if (or (not (null? reg))(not (null? tal)))
	   (list (car newtal)(append (cdr newtal) reg) '() reruns)
	  #f)) 
     (else
      (debug:print 1 "WARNING: FAILS or incomplete tests are preventing completion of this run. Dropping test " hed " from the run queue")
      (list (runs:queue-next-hed tal reg reglen regfull)
		(runs:queue-next-tal tal reg reglen regfull)

      ;; (print "Top of loop, hed=" hed ", tal=" tal " ,reruns=" reruns)
      (let* ((test-record (hash-table-ref test-records hed))
	     (test-name   (tests:testqueue-get-testname test-record))
	     (tconfig     (tests:testqueue-get-testconfig test-record))
	     (jobgroup    (config-lookup tconfig "test_meta" "jobgroup"))
	     (testmode    (let ((m (config-lookup tconfig "requirements" "mode")))
			    (if m (map string->symbol (string-split m)) '(normal))))
	     (waitons     (tests:testqueue-get-waitons    test-record))
	     (priority    (tests:testqueue-get-priority   test-record))
	     (itemdat     (tests:testqueue-get-itemdat    test-record)) ;; itemdat can be a string, list or #f
	     (items       (tests:testqueue-get-items      test-record))
	     (item-path   (item-list->path itemdat))
	     (tfullname   (runs:make-full-test-name test-name item-path))
	     (newtal      (append tal (list hed)))