Merging branch 'j.24'  into 'main'.

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Merging branch 'j.20'  into 'r21'.

See merge request !2541

corrections:
- restore var/mk_pypack_linux.sh call
- suppress warning from clang about Root

Merging branch 'j.12'  into 'main'.

See merge request !2540

Merging branch 'j.11'  into 'main'.

See merge request !2539

Merging branch 'j.10'  into 'main'.

See merge request !2538

Merging branch 'j.10'  into 'main'.

See merge request !2537

Merging branch 'j.10'  into 'main'.

See merge request !2536

Merging branch 'j.2'  into 'main'.

See merge request !2534

[j.2] Revert "persistence tests: relax accuracy requirement in view of other architectures"; increase accuracy of .int reference data to 16 digits (#952) ()

Merging branch 'j.2'  into 'main'.

See merge request !2533

This reverts commit 13f5052a.

Merging branch 'j.0'  into 'main'.

See merge request !2530

Merging branch 'j.0'  into 'main'.

See merge request !2529

Merging branch 'j.4'  into 'main'.

See merge request !2528