Megatest

(defstruct remote
  (hh-dat            (common:get-homehost)) ;; homehost record ( addr . hhflag )
  (server-url        (if *toppath* (server:check-if-running *toppath*))) ;; (server:check-if-running *toppath*) #f))
  (last-server-check 0)  ;; last time we checked to see if the server was alive
  (conndat           #f)
  (transport         *transport-type*)
  (server-timeout    (or (server:get-timeout) 100))
  (force-server      #f)) ;; default to 100 seconds

;; launching and hosts
(defstruct host
  (reachable    #f)
  (last-update  0)
  (last-used    0)
  (last-cpuload 1))

(define (assoc/default key lst . default)
  (let ((res (assoc key lst)))
    (if res (cadr res)(if (null? default) #f (car default)))))

(define (common:get-testsuite-name)
  (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "testsuite" )
      (getenv "MT_TESTSUITE_NAME")
      (if *toppath*
          (pathname-file *toppath*)
          #f))) ;; (pathname-file (current-directory)))))

(define (common:get-db-tmp-area)
  (if *db-cache-path*
      *db-cache-path*
      (if *toppath*
	  (let ((dbpath (create-directory (conc "/tmp/" (current-user-name)
						"/megatest_localdb/"

      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "testpatt defined in "testpatt-key" from runconfigs: " rtestpatt)
      rtestpatt)
     (else args-testpatt))))
     
(define (common:get-linktree)
  (or (getenv "MT_LINKTREE")
      (if *configdat*
	  (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")
	  #f)))

(define (common:args-get-runname)
  (let ((res (or (args:get-arg "-runname")
		 (args:get-arg ":runname")
		 (getenv "MT_RUNNAME"))))
    ;; (if res (set-environment-variable "MT_RUNNAME" res)) ;; not sure if this is a good idea. side effect and all ...
    res))

;; do we honor the caches of the config files?
;;
(define (common:use-cache?)
  (not (or (args:get-arg "-no-cache")
	   (and *configdat*
		(equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "use-cache") "no")))))

;; force use of server?
;;
(define (common:force-server?)
  (let* ((force-setting (configf:lookup "server" "force"))
	(force-type    (if force-setting (string->symbol force-setting) #f)))
    (case force-type
      ((#f)     #f)
      ((always) #t)
      ((test)   (if (args:get-arg "-execute") ;; we are in a test
		    #t
		    #f)))))

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