port PR 11149 to 76X

[perrozzi]

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[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @perrozzi for CMSSW_7_6_X.

port PR 11149 to 76X

It involves the following packages:

GeneratorInterface/Core
GeneratorInterface/GenFilters

@vciulli, @covarell, @thuer, @cmsbuild, @bendavid, @govoni can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
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[bendavid]

This has conflicts apparently.

[perrozzi]

yes, I am afraid because for a file it had to change >65% and so rewrote it.
is there a way to check what is causing the conflict?

[bendavid]

Eh not sure, but the fact it rewrote a file should not itself be a problem.

Make sure you start from a recent IB rather than just a pre-release I guess.