
in nightlies 16.6.x(-val), the following rtt jobs are crashing:

  - job *mergeegdpd*

the *full logfile* can be found here: https://atlasrtt.cern.ch/tct/rel_4/16.6.x-val/build/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/offline/tier0chaintests/mergeegdpd/mergeegdpd_log

best regards,
guilherme
reco validation shifter 

--------- brief logfile excerpt showing the crash -----------
+verbatim+
===== job report produced by mergepool version patjobtransforms-00-03-25 =====
command=/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/16.6.x-val/atlasreconstruction/rel_4/installarea/share/bin/merging_trf.py --athenaopts=--stdcmalloc autoconfiguration=everything inputesdfile=/afs/cern.ch/atlas/project/rtt/prod/results/tct/chainstore/16.6.x-val/build/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/offline/tier0chaintests/tier0chainjob/egamma_express_0.pool.root,/afs/cern.ch/atlas/project/rtt/prod/results/tct/chainstore/16.6.x-val/build/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/offline/tier0chaintests/tier0chainjob/egamma_express_1.pool.root outputesdfile=mergedegdpd.pool.root --ignoreerrors=all
exitcode=41
errorcode=64131 (trf_outfile_toofew)
fatals=1
errors=0
warnings=9
writing jobinfo_mergepool.xml file...
mergeok is  false
skipping aod-&gt;dpd step...
skipping aod-&gt;tag step...
py:merging_trf       info jobtransform completed for merging_trf with error code 64131 (exit code 41)
py:mergepool         info transform timer stop [merging_trf] wall-time: thu mar 24 06:26:08 2011, vmem: 131.5703125 mb, rss: 82.76171875 mb
py:mergepool         info transform timer report [merging_trf] wall-time: 00 hrs 02 mins 09 secs, cpu-time: 00 hrs 01 mins 30 secs, vmem: 26.44140625 mb, rss: 21.62109375 mb
===== job report produced by mergingtrf =====
command=/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/16.6.x-val/atlasreconstruction/rel_4/installarea/share/bin/merging_trf.py --athenaopts=--stdcmalloc autoconfiguration=everything inputesdfile=/afs/cern.ch/atlas/project/rtt/prod/results/tct/chainstore/16.6.x-val/build/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/offline/tier0chaintests/tier0chainjob/egamma_express_0.pool.root,/afs/cern.ch/atlas/project/rtt/prod/results/tct/chainstore/16.6.x-val/build/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/offline/tier0chaintests/tier0chainjob/egamma_express_1.pool.root outputesdfile=mergedegdpd.pool.root --ignoreerrors=all
exitcode=41
errorcode=64131 (trf_outfile_toofew)
fatals=1
errors=0
warnings=9
errorinfo
  acronym=trf_outfile_toofew (64131) transform output file contains too few events
  message=output file mergedegdpd.pool.root failed validation. file contains no events. argument outputesdfile
  severity=fatal
  producer=mergepool
  backtrace=file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/16.6.x-val/atlascore/rel_4/installarea/python/pyjobtransformscore/trf.py&quot;, line 1828, in dopostrunactions
              cmd.postrunaction()
            file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/16.6.x-val/atlascore/rel_4/installarea/python/pyjobtransformscore/basic_trfarg.py&quot;, line 1197, in postrunaction
              self.validatefile()
            file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/16.6.x-val/atlascore/rel_4/installarea/python/pyjobtransformscore/basic_trfarg.py&quot;, line 1184, in validatefile
              self._filetype.validatefile( self, **self.__validationdict )
            file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/16.6.x-val/atlascore/rel_4/installarea/python/pyjobtransformscore/trfutil.py&quot;, line 1342, in validatefile
              raise transformvalidationerror( fname, 'failed validation. file contains no events. argument %s' % argname, 'trf_outfile_toofew' )
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