hello,

in today's rel2 16.6.x-val, the atn test recexanatest_testconfiguration#notrig1_esdtoaod cannot open the esd, causing cascade failures.

traceback (most recent call last):
  file &quot;/build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/16.6.x-val/atlasevent/rel_0/installarea/python/recexconfig/inputfilepeeker.py&quot;, line 48, in _setup
    fi = athfile.fopen(infile)
  file &quot;/build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/16.6.x-val/atlascore/rel_0/installarea/python/pyutils/athfile/__init__.py&quot;, line 160, in fopen
    return self.server.fopen(fnames, evtmax)
  file &quot;&quot;, line 2, in fopen
  file &quot;/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/pytools/1.2_python2.6/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/lib/python2.6/site-packages/multiprocessing/managers.py&quot;, line 743, in _callmethod
py:inputfilepeeker warning unable to open file [esd.pool.root]
py:inputfilepeeker warning caught:
[errno 2] no such file or directory: 'esd.pool.root'
    raise convert_to_error(kind, result)
ioerror: [errno 2] no such file or directory: 'esd.pool.root'

logfile here
http://atlas-computing.web.cern.ch/atlas-computing/links/distdirectory/nightlies/bugfixwebarea/nicos_web_area166xval32bs5g4anlopt/nicos_testlog_rel_2/reconstruction_recexample_recexanatest_20__recexanatest_testconfiguration__notrig1_esdtoaod__a.html


thanks,
tina (sw val shifter)