Megatest

							   run-id 
							   (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface server-dat)
							   (tasks:hostinfo-get-port      server-dat)
							   " client:setup (server-dat = #t)")
		      (if (> remaining-tries 8)
			  (thread-sleep! (+ 1 (random 5))) ;; spread out the starts a little
			  (thread-sleep! (+ 15 (random 20)))) ;; it isn't going well. give it plenty of time
		      (server:try-running run-id)
		      (server:try-running *toppath*)
		      (thread-sleep! 5)   ;; give server a little time to start up
		      (client:setup run-id remaining-tries: (- remaining-tries 1))
		      )))
	      (begin    ;; no server registered
		(let ((num-available (tasks:num-in-available-state (db:dbdat-get-db tdbdat) run-id)))
		  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "client:setup, no server registered, remaining-tries=" remaining-tries " num-available=" num-available)
		  (if (< num-available 2)
		      (server:try-running run-id))
		      (server:try-running *toppath*))
		  (thread-sleep! (+ 5 (random (- 20 remaining-tries))))  ;; give server a little time to start up, randomize a little to avoid start storms.
		  (client:setup run-id remaining-tries: (- remaining-tries 1)))))))))

;; keep this as a function to ease future 
(define (client:start run-id server-info)
  (http-transport:client-connect (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface server-info)
				 (tasks:hostinfo-get-port server-info)))

		  (port     (cadr host-info))
		  (ping-res ((rpc:procedure 'server:login host port) *toppath*)))
	      (if ping-res
		  (let ((server-dat (list iface port #f #f #f)))
		    (hash-table-set! *runremote* run-id server-dat)
		    server-dat)
		  (begin
		    (server:try-running run-id)
		    (server:try-running *toppath*)
		    (thread-sleep! 2)
		    (rpc-transport:client-setup run-id (- remtries 1)))))
 	    (let* ((server-db-info (open-run-close tasks:get-server tasks:open-db run-id)))
 	      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "client:setup server-dat=" server-dat ", remaining-tries=" remaining-tries)
	      (if server-db-info
 		  (let* ((iface     (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface server-db-info))
 			 (port      (tasks:hostinfo-get-port      server-db-info))
			 (server-dat (list iface port #f #f #f))
 			 (ping-res  ((rpc:procedure 'server:login host port) *toppath*)))
 		    (if start-res
 			(begin
 			  (hash-table-set! *runremote* run-id server-dat)
			  server-dat)
			(begin
			  (server:try-running run-id)
			  (server:try-running *toppath*)
			  (thread-sleep! 2)
			  (rpc-transport:client-setup run-id (- remtries 1)))))
		  (begin
		    (server:try-running run-id)
		    (server:try-running *toppath*)
		    (thread-sleep! 2)
		    (rpc-transport:client-setup run-id (- remtries 1)))))))))
;; 
;; 	     (port     (if (and hostinfo (> (length hostdat) 1))(cadr hostdat) #f)))
;; 	(if (and port
;; 		 (string->number port))
;; 	    (let ((portn (string->number port)))

     result)))

;; Given a run id start a server process    ### NOTE ### > file 2>&1 
;; if the run-id is zero and the target-host is set 
;; try running on that host
;;   incidental: rotate logs in logs/ dir.
;;
(define  (server:run areapath) ;; areapath is ignored for now.
(define  (server:run areapath) ;; areapath is *toppath* for a given testsuite area
  (let* ((curr-host   (get-host-name))
         (attempt-in-progress (server:start-attempted? areapath))
         (dot-server-url (server:check-if-running areapath))
	 (curr-ip     (server:get-best-guess-address curr-host))
	 (curr-pid    (current-process-id))
	 (homehost    (common:get-homehost)) ;; configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "homehost" ))
	 (target-host (car homehost))

  (let ((last-run-time (hash-table-ref/default *server-kind-run* areapath #f)))
    (if (or (not last-run-time)
	    (> (- (current-seconds) last-run-time) 30))
	(begin
	  (server:run areapath)
	  (hash-table-set! *server-kind-run* areapath (current-seconds))))))

;; The generic run a server command. Dispatches the call to server 0 if run-id != 0
;; 
;;  (define (server:try-running run-id)
;;    (if (eq? run-id 0)
;;        (server:run run-id)
;;        (rmt:start-server run-id)))
(define server:try-running server:run) ;; there is no more per-run servers ;; REMOVE ME. BUG.

(define (server:attempting-start areapath)
  (with-output-to-file
      (conc areapath "/.starting-server")
    (lambda ()
      (print (current-process-id) " on " (get-host-name)))))