test: added an integration test

.github/workflows/integration.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name: integration
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  integration:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: 
+          - 2.7.18
+          - 3.6.15
+          - 3.9.17
+        dirac_version:
+          - v8.0.29
+          - v8.1.0a20
+
+    container: python:${{ matrix.python }}-slim
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Retrieve the secret and decode it to a file
+        env:
+          CERTIFICATE_BASE64: ${{ secrets.CERTIFICATE_BASE64 }}
+        run: |
+          echo $PWD
+          cd Pilot
+          mkdir -p etc/grid-security
+          echo $HOSTCERT_BASE64 | base64 --decode > etc/grid-security/hostcert.pem
+          echo $HOSTKEY_BASE64 | base64 --decode > etc/grid-security/hostkey.pem
+          chmod 400 etc/grid-security/hostcert.pem
+          chmod 644 etc/grid-security/hostkey.pem
+      - name: tests
+        run: |
+          echo $PWD
+          cd Pilot
+          cp ../tests/CI/pilot_oldSchema.json pilot.json
+          sed -i "s/VAR_JENKINS_SITE/DIRAC.Jenkins.ch/g" pilot.json
+          sed -i "s/VAR_JENKINS_CE/jenkins.cern.ch/g" pilot.json
+          sed -i "s/VAR_JENKINS_QUEUE/jenkins-queue_not_important/g" pilot.json
+          sed -i "s/VAR_DIRAC_VERSION/${{ matrix.dirac_version }}/g" pilot.json
+          sed -i "s#VAR_CS#https://lbcertifdirac70.cern.ch:9135/Configuration/Server#g" pilot.json
+          sed -i "s#VAR_USERDN#/DC=ch/DC=cern/OU=Organic Units/OU=Users/CN=alboyer/CN=819281/CN=Alexandre Franck Boyer#g" pilot.json
+          sed -i "s#VAR_USERDN_GRIDPP#${DIRACUSERDN_GRIDPP}#g" pilot.json
+          cat pilot.json
+          python dirac-pilot.py -M 1 -S DIRAC-Certification -N jenkins.cern.ch -Q jenkins-queue_not_important -n DIRAC.Jenkins.ch --cert --certLocation=/__w/Pilot/Pilot/Pilot/etc/grid-security --debug

Pilot/pilotTools.py

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import sys
 import threading
 from datetime import datetime
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from functools import partial
 
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