el9, x86_64, LCG_106_ATLAS_3, corrected VBFFilter

contains MRs:

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72443 Update lhapdf-config.in to remove references to BOOST 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72494 Add more paths to POWHEG 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72498 TrackRecordGenerator: fix Wmaybe-uninitialized in LTO build 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/69721 Update to LCG_104d_ATLAS_9, main branch (2024.03.11.) 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72513 Fix uninitialized variable warnings in LTO build 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72489 LCG_104d_ATLAS_21 update to a new LCG layer

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72603 Updating ATLSOFT version of POWHEG and adding bb4l beta version 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72343 Fixes for MetaData printout from Gen_tf needed for logParser 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72629 Clenup some hardcoded references to cvmfs 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72636 Update W.py to mark the POWHEG V1 W process reweightable. This, togather with... 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72628 Update MadGraphUtils.py to remove obsolete condition on architecture and Fortran compiler 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72651 Delete outdated Superchic.tex, which is superseded by README.md 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72650 Replace the explicit status comparisons with the MC:: predicates 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72630 PowhegControl: Make configuration Python 3.11 compatible 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72612 Drop the fallback locations for gosam and openloops in Herwig interface 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72663 Update Herwig7ConfigMerging.py to fix the typo OPENLOOPS_PATH -> OPENLOOPSPATH 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72657 Delete an obsolete header 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72652 Update the documentation on Hijing and on the Filters 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72380 Further clean-up/improvements to TruthUtils headers

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72674 Hijing_i+Hydjet_i+GeneratorFortranCommon: Fix LTO warnings. 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72647 The first version of code for the loop detection in MC event record 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72682 Attempt to standardize the printouts of GenParticle and TruthParticle

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72702 update ATLSOFT POWHEG to 07-03 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72643 Add blacklist and purple list checks to CA-based GENtoEVGEN skeleton 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72718 Herwig7_i: add custom pwg_reader and pwg_reader_lib option in _lhef_commands 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72722 AthenaPoolCnvSvc+RootStorageSvc: Workaround for the ROOT forward compatibility issue 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72757 Hijing_i: Try to fix uninitialized variable warnings.

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72759 TruthUtils: Fix compilation with hepmc2. 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72792 Update ttbb.py: do not compress LHE 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72568 Projects: Update to LCG_106_ATLAS_3, tdaq/tdaq-common 11-03-00 and atlasexternal 2.1.20 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72818 IO_GenEvent: use unique_ptr for memory management 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72822 bb4l modified and ATLASOTF -07 -04

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72845 Update lhe_nominal_weight_updater.py -- explicitly cast to 'str' 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72729 Extends VBFFilter for upcoming production

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72883 Remove HERWIG7INTERMEDIATESTATUS 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72582 Herwig7_i: powhegHerwigBB4L shared lib for H7 showering of bb4l LHE 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72965 Fixed clang warnings 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72968 Herwig7_i: Compile BB4LH7 shared library only on x86_64 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72971 Update SUSY_SimplifiedModel_PreInclude.py - Stop mixing matrix 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72999 BB4LHerwig: fix cppcheck warnings 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72882 Added Generators/Pythia8_i/share/common/Pythia8_HF_weights.py 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72053 EvgenJobTransforms: use PerfMonSvcMT for performance monitoring 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/73092 Herwig7_i: Fix warnings in LTO build. 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/73085 Adjust formatting and use MC::isPhysical() 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/69076 HepMcParticleLink: Flag whether link points to suppressed pile-up truth 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/69203 Update HepMcParticleLink clients to use the TruthSuppressionType flag 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/72782 Add to POWHEG capability to read zipped files

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/73116 Use the barcode-based version of HepMC::is_truth_suppressed_pileup in legacy TP converters 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/73128 Update PowhegEnvironmentConfig.cmake.in to support aarch64 and x86_64 simultaneously 

https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/merge_requests/73144 MagicNumbers.h: Updates for pile-up truth