[12_3_X] Fix for printouts with special (for python) chars

[francescobrivio]

PR description:

Backport of #38140
Fixes the listing functions of conddb from command line.

PR validation:

Master PR is alredy integrated in CMSSW_12_5_0_pre2 and the conddb command works as expected.

Backport:

Backport of #38140

[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @francescobrivio for CMSSW_12_3_X.

It involves the following packages:

• CondCore/Utilities (db)

@cmsbuild, @ggovi, @tvami, @malbouis, @francescobrivio can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
@mmusich this is something you requested to watch as well.
@perrotta, @dpiparo, @qliphy you are the release manager for this.

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• Backported from Conddb tools: fix for printouts containing python-sensitive characters #38140

[francescobrivio]

type bug-fix

[francescobrivio]

backport of #38140

[francescobrivio]

Not urgent, not needed for operations
Just to have a working conddb command in case a new 12_3_X release is cut.

[francescobrivio]

test parameters:

• addpkg = CondTools

[francescobrivio]

@cmsbuild please test

[cmsbuild]

-1

Failed Tests: UnitTests
Summary: https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-7efc71/25624/summary.html
COMMIT: 7a33f2e
CMSSW: CMSSW_12_3_X_2022-06-19-2300/slc7_amd64_gcc10
User test area: For local testing, you can use /cvmfs/cms-ci.cern.ch/week0/cms-sw/cmssw/38433/25624/install.sh to create a dev area with all the needed externals and cmssw changes.

Unit Tests

I found errors in the following unit tests:

---> test SiStripDAQ_O2O_test had ERRORS

Comparison Summary

Summary:

• No significant changes to the logs found
• Reco comparison results: 4 differences found in the comparisons
• DQMHistoTests: Total files compared: 49
• DQMHistoTests: Total histograms compared: 3630290
• DQMHistoTests: Total failures: 8
• DQMHistoTests: Total nulls: 0
• DQMHistoTests: Total successes: 3630260
• DQMHistoTests: Total skipped: 22
• DQMHistoTests: Total Missing objects: 0
• DQMHistoSizes: Histogram memory added: 0.0 KiB( 48 files compared)
• Checked 205 log files, 45 edm output root files, 49 DQM output files
• TriggerResults: no differences found

[tvami]

+db

• problem is understood and unrelated

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_12_3_X IBs (but tests are reportedly failing) and once validation in the development release cycle CMSSW_12_5_X is complete. This pull request will now be reviewed by the release team before it's merged. @perrotta, @dpiparo, @qliphy (and backports should be raised in the release meeting by the corresponding L2)

[perrotta]

+1

[perrotta]

merge