[12.4.X] fix GeometryProducer and G4e examples

[mmusich]

resolves #38739

PR description:

Should work for all Eras and geometry models.
The propagator "old" test needs a "refresh": it was based on the early use of Geane for Muon reconstruction that has been obsoleted years ago. It cannot even work at the moment as current propagator is limited to 2m

PR validation:

Relies on the unit tests implemented in this PR.

If this PR is a backport please specify the original PR and why you need to backport that PR. If this PR will be backported please specify to which release cycle the backport is meant for:

• Almost verbatim backport of Try to fix GeometryProducer and G4e examples #38864 (unit test input file needs to be from 12.4.X) .
• Needed for Tracker Alignment purposes.

[mmusich]

backport of #38864

[mmusich]

type tracking, bug-fix

[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @mmusich (Marco Musich) for CMSSW_12_4_X.

It involves the following packages:

• SimG4Core/GeometryProducer (simulation)
• TrackPropagation/Geant4e (simulation)

@cmsbuild, @civanch, @mdhildreth can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
@fabiocos, @VourMa, @makortel, @felicepantaleo, @JanFSchulte, @rovere, @VinInn, @bsunanda, @lecriste, @ebrondol, @mtosi, @mmusich, @slomeo this is something you requested to watch as well.
@perrotta, @dpiparo, @qliphy, @rappoccio you are the release manager for this.

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• Backported from Try to fix GeometryProducer and G4e examples #38864

[mmusich]

@cmsbuild, please test

[cmsbuild]

Pull request #38906 was updated. @cmsbuild, @civanch, @mdhildreth can you please check and sign again.

[mmusich]

please test

[cmsbuild]

+1

Summary: https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-6eedad/26547/summary.html
COMMIT: cb639a8
CMSSW: CMSSW_12_4_X_2022-07-30-1100/el8_amd64_gcc10
User test area: For local testing, you can use /cvmfs/cms-ci.cern.ch/week1/cms-sw/cmssw/38906/26547/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: 4 differences found in the comparisons
• DQMHistoTests: Total files compared: 50
• DQMHistoTests: Total histograms compared: 3676198
• DQMHistoTests: Total failures: 8
• DQMHistoTests: Total nulls: 0
• DQMHistoTests: Total successes: 3676168
• DQMHistoTests: Total skipped: 22
• DQMHistoTests: Total Missing objects: 0
• DQMHistoSizes: Histogram memory added: 0.0 KiB( 49 files compared)
• Checked 208 log files, 45 edm output root files, 50 DQM output files
• TriggerResults: no differences found

[civanch]

+1

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_12_4_X IBs (tests are also fine) 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, @rappoccio (and backports should be raised in the release meeting by the corresponding L2)

[qliphy]

+1