fixes #9965

compiler/cmdlinehelper.nim

@@ -48,18 +48,26 @@ proc loadConfigsAndRunMainCommand*(self: NimProg, cache: IdentCache; conf: Confi
   if self.suggestMode:
     conf.command = "nimsuggest"
 
-  # These defines/options should not be enabled while processing nimscript
-  # bug #4446, #9420, #8991, #9589, #9153
-  undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "profiler")
-  undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "memProfiler")
-  undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "nodejs")
+  when false:
+    # These defines/options should not be enabled while processing nimscript
+    # bug #4446, #9420, #8991, #9589, #9153
+    undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "profiler")
+    undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "memProfiler")
+    undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "nodejs")
 
-  # bug #9120
-  conf.globalOptions.excl(optTaintMode)
+    # bug #9120
+    conf.globalOptions.excl(optTaintMode)
 
-  proc runNimScriptIfExists(path: AbsoluteFile)=
-    if fileExists(path):
-      runNimScript(cache, path, freshDefines = false, conf)
+  template runNimScriptIfExists(path: AbsoluteFile) =
+    let p = path # eval once
+    if fileExists(p):
+      var tempConf = newConfigRef()
+      setDefaultLibpath(tempConf)
+      initDefines(tempConf.symbols)
+      tempConf.command = conf.command
+      tempConf.commandArgs = conf.commandArgs
+      runNimScript(cache, p, freshDefines = false, tempConf)
+      mergeConfigs(conf, tempConf)
 
   # Caution: make sure this stays in sync with `loadConfigs`
   if optSkipSystemConfigFile notin conf.globalOptions:
@@ -88,9 +96,6 @@ proc loadConfigsAndRunMainCommand*(self: NimProg, cache: IdentCache; conf: Confi
         # 'nimsuggest foo.nims' means to just auto-complete the NimScript file
         discard
 
-  # Reload configuration from .cfg file
-  loadConfigs(DefaultConfig, cache, conf)
-
   # now process command line arguments again, because some options in the
   # command line can overwite the config file's settings
   extccomp.initVars(conf)