diff --git a/buildLogAnalyzer.py b/buildLogAnalyzer.py
index 9aa7f41de3a5..fa7445d3d3c5 100755
--- a/buildLogAnalyzer.py
+++ b/buildLogAnalyzer.py
@@ -490,7 +490,12 @@ def analyzeFile(self, fileNameIn):
             },
             {
                 str(
-                    "^gmake: \\*\\*\\* .*?/src/" + subsys + "/" + pkg + "/bin/(.*?)/lib\1\\." + shLib
+                    "^gmake: \\*\\*\\* .*?/src/"
+                    + subsys
+                    + "/"
+                    + pkg
+                    + "/bin/(.*?)/lib\1\\."
+                    + shLib
                 ): ["linkError", "for shared library %s in bin"]
             },
             {
@@ -505,7 +510,12 @@ def analyzeFile(self, fileNameIn):
             },
             {
                 str(
-                    "^gmake: \\*\\*\\* .*?/src/" + subsys + "/" + pkg + "/test/(.*?)/.*?\\." + shLib
+                    "^gmake: \\*\\*\\* .*?/src/"
+                    + subsys
+                    + "/"
+                    + pkg
+                    + "/test/(.*?)/.*?\\."
+                    + shLib
                 ): ["linkError", "for shared library %s in test"]
             },
             {
@@ -521,7 +531,9 @@ def analyzeFile(self, fileNameIn):
                 ]
             },
             {
-                str("^gmake: \\*\\*\\* .*?/src/" + subsys + "/" + pkg + "/test/(.*?)\\." + shLib): [
+                str(
+                    "^gmake: \\*\\*\\* .*?/src/" + subsys + "/" + pkg + "/test/(.*?)\\." + shLib
+                ): [
                     "linkError",
                     "for shared library %s in test",
                 ]
@@ -539,7 +551,9 @@ def analyzeFile(self, fileNameIn):
                 ]
             },
             {
-                str("^gmake: \\*\\*\\* .*?/src/" + subsys + "/" + pkg + "/plugins/(.*?)/.*?\\.o"): [
+                str(
+                    "^gmake: \\*\\*\\* .*?/src/" + subsys + "/" + pkg + "/plugins/(.*?)/.*?\\.o"
+                ): [
                     "compError",
                     "for plugin %s in plugins",
                 ]
@@ -567,7 +581,9 @@ def analyzeFile(self, fileNameIn):
             {str("^TypeError: .*"): ["pythonError", "type error in module"]},
             {str("^ValueError: .*"): ["pythonError", "value error in module"]},
             {
-                str("^gmake: \\*\\*\\* .*?/src/" + subsys + "/" + pkg + "/test/data/download\\.url"): [
+                str(
+                    "^gmake: \\*\\*\\* .*?/src/" + subsys + "/" + pkg + "/test/data/download\\.url"
+                ): [
                     "dwnlError",
                     "for file in data/download.url in test",
                 ]
@@ -591,7 +607,9 @@ def analyzeFile(self, fileNameIn):
             },
             {
                 str(
-                    "^ *(/.*?/" + self.release + "/|)src/.*?\\([0-9]+\\)\\: warning #[0-9]+-[A-Z]: "
+                    "^ *(/.*?/"
+                    + self.release
+                    + "/|)src/.*?\\([0-9]+\\)\\: warning #[0-9]+-[A-Z]: "
                 ): [
                     "compWarning",
                     "for file in release",
@@ -653,7 +671,9 @@ def analyzeFile(self, fileNameIn):
         ]
 
         miscErrRe = re.compile("^gmake: \\*\\*\\* (.*)$")
-        genericLinkErrRe = re.compile("^gmake: \\*\\*\\* \\[tmp/.*?/lib.*?" + shLib + "\\] Error 1")
+        genericLinkErrRe = re.compile(
+            "^gmake: \\*\\*\\* \\[tmp/.*?/lib.*?" + shLib + "\\] Error 1"
+        )
 
         if "_gcc46" in os.environ["SCRAM_ARCH"]:
             errorInf.append(
diff --git a/cmsutils.py b/cmsutils.py
index 514942f62e78..66034a7aa836 100644
--- a/cmsutils.py
+++ b/cmsutils.py
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ def doCmd(cmd, dryRun=False, inDir=None, debug=True):
 
 def getIBReleaseInfo(rel):
     m = re.match(
-        "^CMSSW_(\\d+_\\d+(_[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]+|))_X(_[A-Z]+|)_(\\d\\d\\d\\d-\\d\\d-\\d\\d-(\\d\\d)\\d\\d)", rel
+        "^CMSSW_(\\d+_\\d+(_[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]+|))_X(_[A-Z]+|)_(\\d\\d\\d\\d-\\d\\d-\\d\\d-(\\d\\d)\\d\\d)",
+        rel,
     )
     if not m:
         return ("", "", "")