RivetInterface fixes+updates (11_2)

[mseidel42]

Backport of #32950

PR description:

• Fix problem that leads to nan cross sections since Rivet 3.1.1 (Rivet 3.1.0 in 11_1 is ok)
• Add check for nan cross section to unit tests, to prevent this from going unnoticed again
• Add tests for yodamerge+yoda2root
• Pass new Rivet AnalysisHandler options for (de)selecting weights, weight cap, etc.

PR validation:

• Passes new test that cross section is not nan
• New options behave as expected for selecting weights

[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @intrepid42 (Markus Seidel) for CMSSW_11_2_X.

It involves the following packages:

GeneratorInterface/RivetInterface

@SiewYan, @mkirsano, @cmsbuild, @GurpreetSinghChahal, @agrohsje, @alberto-sanchez can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
@alberto-sanchez, @mkirsano this is something you requested to watch as well.
@silviodonato, @dpiparo, @qliphy you are the release manager for this.

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• Backported from RivetInterface fixes+updates #32950

[agrohsje]

please test

[cmsbuild]

+1

Summary: https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-cd0a6d/13237/summary.html
COMMIT: 4f24f89
CMSSW: CMSSW_11_2_X_2021-03-02-2300/slc7_amd64_gcc900
User test area: For local testing, you can use /cvmfs/cms-ci.cern.ch/week0/cms-sw/cmssw/33052/13237/install.sh to create a dev area with all the needed externals and cmssw changes.

Comparison Summary

Summary:

• No significant changes to the logs found
• Reco comparison results: 3 differences found in the comparisons
• DQMHistoTests: Total files compared: 36
• DQMHistoTests: Total histograms compared: 2528845
• DQMHistoTests: Total failures: 6
• DQMHistoTests: Total nulls: 1
• DQMHistoTests: Total successes: 2528816
• DQMHistoTests: Total skipped: 22
• DQMHistoTests: Total Missing objects: 0
• DQMHistoSizes: Histogram memory added: 0.004 KiB( 35 files compared)
• DQMHistoSizes: changed ( 312.0 ): 0.004 KiB MessageLogger/Warnings
• Checked 151 log files, 37 edm output root files, 36 DQM output files

[agrohsje]

+generators

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_11_2_X IBs (tests are also fine) and once validation in the development release cycle CMSSW_11_3_X is complete. This pull request will now be reviewed by the release team before it's merged. @silviodonato, @dpiparo, @qliphy (and backports should be raised in the release meeting by the corresponding L2)

[qliphy]

+1