getPayloadData unit test, if no plugins are found, look in the CMSSW_…

…RELEASE_BASE or CMSSW_FULL_RELEASE_BASE in case of patch releases

CondCore/Utilities/scripts/getPayloadData.py

@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ def discover_plugins():
     releases = [
         os.environ.get('CMSSW_BASE', None),
         os.environ.get('CMSSW_RELEASE_BASE', None)
+        os.environ.get('CMSSW_FULL_RELEASE_BASE', None)
     ]
 
     for r in releases:
@@ -137,7 +138,12 @@ def discover_plugins():
         plugins += glob.glob(path + '/plugin*_PayloadInspector.so' )
         output('found plugins: ', plugins) 
 
-        if r: break # break loop if CMSSW_BASE is specified        
+        # if no plugins are found in the local release,
+        # go found them in the release base
+        if(len(plugins)==0):
+            output('# plugins found:',len(plugins))
+        else:
+            if r: break # break loop if CMSSW_BASE is specified
 
     # extracts the object name from plugin path:
     # /afs/cern.ch/cms/slc6_amd64_gcc493/cms/cmssw/CMSSW_8_0_6/lib/slc6_amd64_gcc493/pluginBasicPayload_PayloadInspector.so