Index: megatest.scm
==================================================================
--- megatest.scm
+++ megatest.scm
@@ -355,11 +355,11 @@
 		       (args:get-arg "-reqtarg")
 		       (if (args:get-arg "-target")
 			   (args:get-arg "-target")
 			   #f)))
 	   (sections (if target (list "default" target) #f))
-	   (data     (read-config "runconfigs.config" #f #f sections: sections)))
+	   (data     (read-config "runconfigs.config" #f #t sections: sections)))
 
       ;; keep this one local
       (cond
        ((not (args:get-arg "-dumpmode"))
 	(pp (hash-table->alist data)))
@@ -368,11 +368,11 @@
        (else
 	(debug:print 0 "ERROR: -dumpmode of " (args:get-arg "-dumpmode") " not recognised")))
       (set! *didsomething* #t)))
 
 (if (args:get-arg "-show-config")
-    (let ((data (read-config "megatest.config" #f #f)))
+    (let ((data (read-config "megatest.config" #f #t)))
       ;; keep this one local
       (cond 
        ((not (args:get-arg "-dumpmode"))
 	(pp (hash-table->alist data)))
        ((string=? (args:get-arg "-dumpmode") "json")

Index: runs.scm
==================================================================
--- runs.scm
+++ runs.scm
@@ -894,11 +894,11 @@
 	    ;;     ))
 	(set! keys (open-run-close db:get-keys db))
 	;; have enough to process -target or -reqtarg here
 	(if (args:get-arg "-reqtarg")
 	    (let* ((runconfigf (conc  *toppath* "/runconfigs.config")) ;; DO NOT EVALUATE ALL 
-		   (runconfig  (read-config runconfigf #f #f environ-patt: #f))) 
+		   (runconfig  (read-config runconfigf #f #t environ-patt: #f))) 
 	      (if (hash-table-ref/default runconfig (args:get-arg "-reqtarg") #f)
 		  (keys:target-set-args keys (args:get-arg "-reqtarg") args:arg-hash)
 		  (begin
 		    (debug:print 0 "ERROR: [" (args:get-arg "-reqtarg") "] not found in " runconfigf)
 		    (if db (sqlite3:finalize! db))