Various fixes and improvements as a result of the assign_wrapper rewrite.
Various fixes and improvements as a result of the assign_wrapper
rewrite.

nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome