Index: tests/pybin/settings.py
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--- tests/pybin/settings.py	(revision 202ad7213dd90adde71c8d41deb86d0a8093bd95)
+++ tests/pybin/settings.py	(revision afe8882d4abe48a8b80915cca915209de65e6d15)
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@
 
 try :
-	sys.path.append(os.getcwd())
+	testpath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), sys.argv[0])))
+	sys.path.append(testpath)
 	import config
 
 	SRCDIR = os.path.abspath(config.SRCDIR)
 	BUILDDIR = os.path.abspath(config.BUILDDIR)
+	os.chdir(testpath)
+
 except:
 	print('ERROR: missing config.py, re-run configure script.', file=sys.stderr)
@@ -88,4 +91,17 @@
 		self.flags  = """INSTALL_FLAGS="%s" """ % ("" if value else "-in-tree")
 
+class Timeouts:
+	def __init__(self, ts, tg):
+		self.single = Timeouts.check(ts)
+		self.total  = Timeouts.check(tg)
+
+	@classmethod
+	def check(_, value):
+		if value < 1:
+			print("Timeouts must be at least 1 second", file=sys.stderr)
+			sys.exit(1)
+
+		return value
+
 def init( options ):
 	global arch
@@ -95,4 +111,5 @@
 	global debug
 	global install
+	global timeout
 
 	dry_run    = options.dry_run
@@ -102,4 +119,5 @@
 	install    = Install(options.install)
 	arch       = Architecture(options.arch)
+	timeout    = Timeouts(options.timeout, options.global_timeout)
 
 
@@ -110,12 +128,13 @@
 
 def validate():
-	make_ret, _ = tools.make( ".validate", error_file = ".validate.err", redirects  = "2> /dev/null 1> /dev/null", )
+	errf = os.path.join(BUILDDIR, ".validate.err")
+	make_ret, _ = tools.make( ".validate", error_file = errf, redirects  = "2> /dev/null 1> /dev/null", )
 	if make_ret != 0:
-		with open (".validate.err", "r") as myfile:
+		with open (errf, "r") as myfile:
 			error=myfile.read()
 		print("ERROR: Invalid configuration %s:%s" % (arch.string, debug.string), file=sys.stderr)
 		print("       verify returned : \n%s" % error, file=sys.stderr)
-		tools.rm("%s/.validate.err" % BUILDDIR)
+		tools.rm(errf)
 		sys.exit(1)
 
-	tools.rm("%s/.validate.err" % BUILDDIR)
+	tools.rm(errf)