init_env: robust root discovery & idempotent load

- Add __INIT_ENV_LOADED guard to prevent double sourcing.
- Detect ROOT_DIR (CWD or walk-up) and export TOOLS/paths.
- Quietly source utils; fail fast if utils/functestlib.sh missing.
- Fix empty so platform/network helpers are available.

Signed-off-by: Srikanth Muppandam <[email protected]>

Author: smuppand

Runner/init_env

@@ -29,12 +29,25 @@ if [ -z "$ROOT_DIR" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-if [ ! -d "$ROOT_DIR/utils" ] || [ ! -f "$ROOT_DIR/utils/functestlib.sh" ]; then
-echo "[ERROR] Could not detect testkit root (missing utils/ or functestlib.sh)" >&2
+# --- Validate and export key environment paths ---
+if [ -z "${ROOT_DIR:-}" ] || [ ! -d "$ROOT_DIR/utils" ] || [ ! -f "$ROOT_DIR/utils/functestlib.sh" ]; then
+    echo "[ERROR] Could not detect testkit root (missing utils/ or functestlib.sh)" >&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
 export ROOT_DIR
 export TOOLS="$ROOT_DIR/utils"
 export __RUNNER_SUITES_DIR="$ROOT_DIR/suites"
 export __RUNNER_UTILS_BIN_DIR="$ROOT_DIR/common"
+
+# --- Ensure TOOLS is usable in all shells ---
+case ":$PATH:" in
+  *":$TOOLS:"*) : ;;
+  *) PATH="$TOOLS:$PATH"; export PATH ;;
+esac
+
+# --- Optional: pre-check for required tools (safe no-op for minimal builds) ---
+if [ -f "$TOOLS/functestlib.sh" ]; then
+    # shellcheck disable=SC1090,SC1091
+    . "$TOOLS/functestlib.sh" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+fi