[py312][xrootd] disable python binding for slc7 due to openssl version 1.0.2

[smuzaffar]

CentOS7 has OpenSSL 1.0.2 and python 3.12 SSL module requires OpenSSL 1.1.1. This causes xrootd python binding to fail with error [a]. This PR proposes to disable Xrootd python bindings for slc7

WARNING: pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available.
Processing ./bindings/python
  Installing build dependencies: started
  Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'error'
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
   exit code: 1
   [11 lines of output]
      WARNING: pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available.
      WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=4, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available.")': /simple/setuptools/
      WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=3, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available.")': /simple/setuptools/
      WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=2, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available.")': /simple/setuptools/
      WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=1, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available.")': /simple/setuptools/
      WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=0, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available.")': /simple/setuptools/
      Could not fetch URL https://pypi.org/simple/setuptools/: There was a problem confirming the ssl certificate: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='pypi.org', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /simple/setuptools/ (Caused by SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available.")) - skipping
      ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement setuptools>=40.8.0 (from versions: none)
      ERROR: No matching distribution found for setuptools>=40.8.0
      WARNING: pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available.
      Could not fetch URL https://pypi.org/simple/pip/: There was a problem confirming the ssl certificate: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='pypi.org', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /simple/pip/ (Caused by SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available.")) - skipping

[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @smuzaffar for branch IB/CMSSW_14_2_X/py312.

@aandvalenzuela, @cmsbuild, @iarspider, @smuzaffar can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
@antoniovilela, @mandrenguyen, @rappoccio, @sextonkennedy you are the release manager for this.
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[smuzaffar]

please test for el8_amd64_gcc12

[cmsbuild]

-1

Summary: https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-dd70e4/41625/summary.html
COMMIT: b4f99c2
CMSSW: CMSSW_14_2_PY312_X_2024-09-18-1100/el8_amd64_gcc12
User test area: For local testing, you can use /cvmfs/cms-ci.cern.ch/week1/cms-sw/cmsdist/9416/41625/install.sh to create a dev area with all the needed externals and cmssw changes.

External Build

I found compilation error when building:

File "/data/cmsbld/jenkins/workspace/ib-run-pr-tests/testBuildDir/el8_amd64_gcc12/external/py3-tensorflow/2.16.1-399c67eb1856dccaa37442a4b880ab87/lib/python3.12/site-packages/tensorflow/lite/python/authoring/authoring.py", line 43, in 
from tensorflow.lite.python import convert
File "/data/cmsbld/jenkins/workspace/ib-run-pr-tests/testBuildDir/el8_amd64_gcc12/external/py3-tensorflow/2.16.1-399c67eb1856dccaa37442a4b880ab87/lib/python3.12/site-packages/tensorflow/lite/python/convert.py", line 25, in 
import shutils
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'shutils'
error: Bad exit status from /data/cmsbld/jenkins/workspace/ib-run-pr-tests/testBuildDir/tmp/rpm-tmp.AoC4zc (%build)


RPM build errors:
line 42: It's not recommended to have unversioned Obsoletes: Obsoletes: external+tfaot-model-test-simple+1.0.1-11a5d461eb4e3edb83239d47867a964f
Macro expanded in comment on line 393: %{aot_config}, pointing to the aot config file of the model to compile (required)


[smuzaffar]

Please test for el8_amd64_gcc12

[cmsbuild]

-1

Failed Tests: UnitTests
Summary: https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-dd70e4/41651/summary.html
COMMIT: b4f99c2
CMSSW: CMSSW_14_2_PY312_X_2024-09-18-1100/el8_amd64_gcc12
User test area: For local testing, you can use /cvmfs/cms-ci.cern.ch/week1/cms-sw/cmsdist/9416/41651/install.sh to create a dev area with all the needed externals and cmssw changes.

The following merge commits were also included on top of IB + this PR after doing git cms-merge-topic:

• @cms-sw [Davix] Update to version 0.8.7 #9411
• @cms-sw [rivet] Apply missing header VetoedFinalState.hh change #9413
• @Dominic-Stafford Update gosamcontrib version #9406
• @cms-sw [PY312] Fix for fix for TF 2.16 #9415

You can see more details here:
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-dd70e4/41651/git-recent-commits.json
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-dd70e4/41651/git-merge-result

Unit Tests

I found 4 errors in the following unit tests:

---> test dxr-build had ERRORS
---> test import-histbook had ERRORS
---> test TestDQMOnlineClient-hcal_dqm_sourceclient had ERRORS
and more ...

Comparison Summary

Summary:

• You potentially added 251 lines to the logs
• Reco comparison results: 4599 differences found in the comparisons
• DQMHistoTests: Total files compared: 44
• DQMHistoTests: Total histograms compared: 3331158
• DQMHistoTests: Total failures: 23688
• DQMHistoTests: Total nulls: 0
• DQMHistoTests: Total successes: 3307450
• DQMHistoTests: Total skipped: 20
• DQMHistoTests: Total Missing objects: 0
• DQMHistoSizes: Histogram memory added: 0.0 KiB( 43 files compared)
• Checked 193 log files, 163 edm output root files, 44 DQM output files
• TriggerResults: no differences found