@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ function merge_config_file {

     local matchgroup=$2

     local configfile=$3

+    # note, configfile might be a variable (note the iniset, etc

+    # created in the mega-awk below is "eval"ed too, so we just leave

+    # it alone.

+    local real_configfile=$(eval echo $configfile)

+    if [ ! -f $real_configfile ]; then

+        touch $real_configfile

+    fi

+

     get_meta_section $file $matchgroup $configfile | \

     $CONFIG_AWK_CMD -v configfile=$configfile '

         BEGIN {

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ TOP=$(cd $(dirname "$0")/.. && pwd)

 source $TOP/inc/ini-config

 source $TOP/inc/meta-config

+set -e

+

 # check_result() tests and reports the result values

 # check_result "actual" "expected"

 function check_result {