this is similar to bug 87919 but there is no warning that the file is not found.

rtt: mc_heavy_ion

logfile snippet:
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y:athena            info including file &quot;recexcommon/recexcommon_topoptions.py&quot;
py:athena            info 'gbl.athenaservices.setfatalhandler(flag)' is deprecated
py:athena            info instead, please consider using:
py:athena            info  svcmgr.coredumpsvc.fatalhandler = flag
py:athena            info including file &quot;recexcond/recexcommon_flags.py&quot;
py:autoconfiguration    info auto-configuration key 'everything' requested. all default keys will be used.
py:autoconfiguration    info auto-configuration will procede according to the following keys:
py:autoconfiguration    info ['projectname', 'realorsim', 'fieldandgeo', 'beamtype', 'conditionstag', 'dotruth', 'inputtype', 'beamenergy', 'lumiflags', 'triggerstream']
py:inputfilepeeker    info executing   inputfilepeeker.py
py:inputfilepeeker warning unable to find stream_name from input file. this has an effect on auto-configuration!
py:inputfilepeeker warning unable to fill inputfilesummary from file esd.pool.root. file is probably empty. will try again with next (if any).
py:inputfilepeeker    info extracted streams ['unknw'] from input file 
py:inputfilepeeker warning input file has zero events and hence no eventinfo object. guessed that evt_type=is_data, but this is not certain. using auto-configuration is not safe if this info is wrong.
py:autoconfiguration   error no runnumber stored in inputfile!
none
shortened traceback (most recent user call last):
  file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/dev/atlasreconstruction/rel_3/installarea/joboptions/recjobtransforms/skeleton.esdtoaod.py&quot;, line 103, in &lt;module&gt;
    else: include( &quot;recexcommon/recexcommon_topoptions.py&quot; )
  file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/dev/atlasreconstruction/rel_3/installarea/joboptions/recexcommon/recexcommon_topoptions.py&quot;, line 87, in &lt;module&gt;
    include ( &quot;recexcond/recexcommon_flags.py&quot; )
  file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/dev/atlasevent/rel_3/installarea/joboptions/recexcond/recexcommon_flags.py&quot;, line 235, in &lt;module&gt;
    configurefromlistofkeys(rec.autoconfiguration())


logfile:
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https://atlasrtt.cern.ch/rtt/rel_3/dev/build/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/offline/recjobtransformtests/mc_heavy_ion/mc_heavy_ion_log

please consult:
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https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/atlas/recbuginvestigation

camille (valshift)