fixed some minor problems with partest.

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+How partest choses the compiler / library:
+
+  * ''-Dscalatest.build=build/four-pack'' -> will search for libraries in
+    ''lib'' directory of given path
+  * ''--pack'' -> will set ''scalatest.build=build/pack'', and run all tests.
+    add ''--[kind]'' to run a selected set of tests.
+  * ''--[four]'' -> will set ''scalatest.build=build-four-pack'' and
+    ''scalatest.scalac_opts=-target:jvm-1.4'', and run all tests.
+    add ''--kind'' to run a selected set of tests.
+  * auto detection:
+    - scalatest.build property -> ''bin'' / ''lib'' directories
+    - distribution (''dists/latest'')
+    - supersabbus pack (''build/pack'')
+    - sabbus quick (''build/quick'')
+    - installed dist (test files in ''misc/scala-test/files'')
+
+How partest choses test files: the test files must be accessible from
+the directory on which partest is run. So the test files must be either
+at:
+  * ./test/files
+  * ./files (cwd is "test")
+  * ./misc/scala-test/files (installed scala distribution)
+
+Other arguments:
+  * --pos          next files test a compilation success
+  * --neg          next files test a compilation failure
+  * --run          next files test the interpreter and all backends
+  * --jvm          next files test the JVM backend
+  * --jvm5         next files test the JVM backend
+  * --res          next files test the resident compiler
+  * --shootout     next files are shootout tests
+  * --script       next files test the script runner
+  * ''-Dscalatest.scalac_opts=-target:jvm-1.4'' -> add compiler options
+  * ''--verbose'' -> print verbose messages
+  * ''-Dpartest.debug=true'' -> print debug messages