rtt: devval 17.x.0-val(rel_3) recjobtransformtests fail because library athenapythondict.so could not be loaded

most of the 67 jobs failed because athenapythondict.so could not be loaded.  the individual crashes can be divided between a few types but a typical case is given below.

logfile snippet:
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error in &lt;tcint::autoloadcallback&gt;: failure loading library athenapythondict.so for class type_info
message: (file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/devval/atlascore/rel_3/installarea/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/lib/libathenapythondict.so&quot;, line -1) dlopen error: libgaudikernel.so: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory
py:raw_to_esd        info ****************** starting raw-&gt;esd making *****************
py:raw_to_esd        info transform pre-exec
py:raw_to_esd        info indetflags.usebeamconstraint.set_value_and_lock(true);from calotools.calonoiseflags import jobproperties;jobproperties.calonoiseflags.fixedluminosity.set_value_and_lock(1.45);aodflags.trackparticleslimmer=true;
py:raw_to_esd        info rec.dotrigger=false;rec.dotruth.set_value_and_lock(false)
py: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
message: (file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/devval/atlascore/rel_3/installarea/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/lib/libathenapythondict.so&quot;, line -1) dlopen error: libgaudikernel.so: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory
py:athfile           info opening [root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/pileupsamples/valid1.105001.pythia_minbias.digit.rdo.e603_s932_d550_tid365695_00/rdo.365695._000001.pool.root.1]...
py:inputfilepeeker warning unable to open file [root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/pileupsamples/valid1.105001.pythia_minbias.digit.rdo.e603_s932_d550_tid365695_00/rdo.365695._000001.pool.root.1]
py:inputfilepeeker warning caught:

traceback (most recent call last):
  file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/devval/atlasevent/rel_3/installarea/python/recexconfig/inputfilepeeker.py&quot;, line 48, in _setup
    fi = athfile.fopen(infile)
  file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/devval/atlascore/rel_3/installarea/python/pyutils/athfile/__init__.py&quot;, line 160, in fopen
    return self.server.fopen(fnames, evtmax)
  file &quot;&lt;string&gt;&quot;, line 2, in fopen
  file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/pytools/1.4_python2.6/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/lib/python2.6/site-packages/multiprocessing/managers.py&quot;, line 729, in _callmethod
    kind, result = conn.recv()
eoferror

 *** break *** write on a pipe with no one to read it
py:inputfilepeeker warning unable to open file [root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/pileupsamples/valid1.105001.pythia_minbias.digit.rdo.e603_s932_d550_tid365695_00/rdo.365695._000002.pool.root.1]
py:inputfilepeeker warning caught:
[errno 32] broken pipe
traceback (most recent call last):
  file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/devval/atlasevent/rel_3/installarea/python/recexconfig/inputfilepeeker.py&quot;, line 48, in _setup
    fi = athfile.fopen(infile)
  file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/devval/atlascore/rel_3/installarea/python/pyutils/athfile/__init__.py&quot;, line 160, in fopen
    return self.server.fopen(fnames, evtmax)
  file &quot;&lt;string&gt;&quot;, line 2, in fopen
  file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/pytools/1.4_python2.6/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/lib/python2.6/site-packages/multiprocessing/managers.py&quot;, line 728, in _callmethod
    conn.send((self._id, methodname, args, kwds))
ioerror: [errno 32] broken pipe

command:
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/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/devval/atlasreconstruction/rel_3/installarea/share/bin/reco_trf.py --uploadtoami=1.0 ami=f380 autoconfiguration=everything inputrdofile=root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/pileupsamples/valid1.105001.pythia_minbias.digit.rdo.e603_s932_d550_tid365695_00/rdo.365695._000001.pool.root.1,root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/pileupsamples/valid1.105001.pythia_minbias.digit.rdo.e603_s932_d550_tid365695_00/rdo.365695._000002.pool.root.1,root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/pileupsamples/valid1.105001.pythia_minbias.digit.rdo.e603_s932_d550_tid365695_00/rdo.365695._000003.pool.root.1,root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/pileupsamples/valid1.105001.pythia_minbias.digit.rdo.e603_s932_d550_tid365695_00/rdo.365695._000004.pool.root.1,root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/pileupsamples/valid1.105001.pythia_minbias.digit.rdo.e603_s932_d550_tid365695_00/rdo.365695._000005.pool.root.1 append_preexec=rec.dotrigger=false;rec.dotruth.set_value_and_lock(false) outputaodfile=myaod.pool.root outputesdfile=myesd.pool.root outputhistfile=myhist.root 


logfile:
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https://atlasrtt.cern.ch/rtt/rel_3/devval/build/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/offline/recjobtransformtests/mb_pu_mu20_d550/mb_pu_mu20_d550_log

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

camille (valshift)