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-Mitigating the Hash Sum Mismatch error by generating additional metadata files named by checksum
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-Metadata-Version: 2.1
-Name: pulp-deb
-Version: 2.20.0
-Summary: pulp-deb plugin for the Pulp Project
-Home-page: https://pulpproject.org
-Author: Matthias Dellweg
-Author-email: dellweg@atix.de
-License: GPLv2+
-Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 or later (GPLv2+)
-Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
-Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
-Classifier: Framework :: Django
-Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
-Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
-Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
-Requires-Python: >=3.8
-Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
-License-File: LICENSE
-
-# pulp_deb
-
-![release status](https://github.com/pulp/pulp_deb/workflows/Release%20Pipeline/badge.svg)
-![nightly status](https://github.com/pulp/pulp_deb/workflows/Deb%20Nightly%20CI/CD/badge.svg)
-![python versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/pulp_deb.svg)
-
-A Pulp plugin to host APT repositories.
-
-Visit the [Pulp project homepage][1] or see the [plugin documentation][2] for more information.
-If you want to report a bug, see the [issue tracker][3].
-
-The most important places:
-
-* The [Pulp project homepage][1].
-* The [plugin documentation][2].
-* The [plugin issue tracker][3].
-* The [plugin source repository][4].
-* The [plugin GitHub actions page][8].
-* Released [python packages on pypi.org][5].
-* The [pulp-deb-client Python package][6] (contains API bindings for Python).
-* The [pulp-deb-client Ruby Gem][7] (contains API bindings for Ruby).
-
-[1]: https://pulpproject.org
-[2]: https://docs.pulpproject.org/pulp_deb/
-[3]: https://github.com/pulp/pulp_deb/issues
-[4]: https://github.com/pulp/pulp_deb
-[5]: https://pypi.org/project/pulp-deb/
-[6]: https://pypi.org/project/pulp-deb-client/
-[7]: https://rubygems.org/gems/pulp_deb_client
-[8]: https://github.com/pulp/pulp_deb/actions
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index 65260a130..fcde84662 100644
--- a/pulp_deb/app/settings.py
+++ b/pulp_deb/app/settings.py
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@
 
 FORBIDDEN_CHECKSUM_WARNINGS = True
 FORCE_IGNORE_MISSING_PACKAGE_INDICES = False
+APT_BY_HASH = True
+APT_BY_HASH_CHECKSUM_TYPE = "sha256"
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diff --git a/pulp_deb/app/tasks/publishing.py b/pulp_deb/app/tasks/publishing.py
index 6f59a60da..b26265942 100644
--- a/pulp_deb/app/tasks/publishing.py
+++ b/pulp_deb/app/tasks/publishing.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 from contextlib import suppress
+from pathlib import Path
 import hashlib
 
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
@@ -35,11 +36,9 @@
 
 from pulp_deb.app.serializers import Package822Serializer
 
-from pulp_deb.app.constants import (
-    NO_MD5_WARNING_MESSAGE,
-    CHECKSUM_TYPE_MAP,
-    APT_BY_HASH
-)
+from pulp_deb.app.constants import NO_MD5_WARNING_MESSAGE, CHECKSUM_TYPE_MAP
+
+from pulp_deb.app.settings import APT_BY_HASH, APT_BY_HASH_CHECKSUM_TYPE
 
 import logging
 from gettext import gettext as _
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ def publish(repository_version_pk, simple=False, structured=False, signing_servi
             structured=structured,
         )
     )
-    
+
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory("."):
         with AptPublication.create(repo_version, pass_through=False) as publication:
             publication.simple = simple
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ def publish(repository_version_pk, simple=False, structured=False, signing_servi
                 for release_helper in release_helpers:
                     release_helper.save_signed_metadata()
 
-    log.info(_("Publication: {publication} createddddd").format(publication=publication.pk))
+    log.info(_("Publication: {publication} created").format(publication=publication.pk))
 
 
 async def _concurrently_sign_metadata(release_helpers):
@@ -281,34 +280,26 @@ def finish(self):
             )
             package_index.save()
 
-            # Generating metadata files using checksum
-            if APT_BY_HASH:
-                by_hash_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(package_index_path), 'byhash')
-                if not os.path.exists(by_hash_path):
-                    os.makedirs(by_hash_path)
-                package_hashed_index_path = os.path.join(by_hash_path, _sha256sum(package_index_path))
-                shutil.copyfile(package_index_path, package_hashed_index_path)
-                package_hashed_index = PublishedMetadata.create_from_file(
-                    publication=self.parent.publication, file=File(open(package_hashed_index_path, "rb"))
-                )
-                package_hashed_index.save()
-            # Done generating
-
             gz_package_index = PublishedMetadata.create_from_file(
                 publication=self.parent.publication, file=File(open(gz_package_index_path, "rb"))
             )
             gz_package_index.save()
 
             # Generating metadata files using checksum
-            if APT_BY_HASH:
-                by_hash_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(gz_package_index_path), 'byhash')
-                if not os.path.exists(by_hash_path):
-                    os.makedirs(by_hash_path)
-                gz_package_hashed_index_path = os.path.join(by_hash_path, _sha256sum(gz_package_index_path))
-                shutil.copyfile(gz_package_index_path, gz_package_hashed_index_path)
+            if APT_BY_HASH and APT_BY_HASH_CHECKSUM_TYPE in ALLOWED_CONTENT_CHECKSUMS:
+                package_hashed_index_path = _create_checksum_file(package_index_path)
+                package_hashed_index = PublishedMetadata.create_from_file(
+                    publication=self.parent.publication,
+                    file=File(open(package_hashed_index_path, "rb")),
+                )
+                package_hashed_index.save()
+
+                gz_package_hashed_index_path = _create_checksum_file(gz_package_index_path)
                 gz_package_hashed_index = PublishedMetadata.create_from_file(
-                    publication=self.parent.publication, file=File(open(gz_package_hashed_index_path, "rb"))
+                    publication=self.parent.publication,
+                    file=File(open(gz_package_hashed_index_path, "rb")),
                 )
+
                 gz_package_hashed_index.save()
             # Done generating
 
@@ -426,9 +417,18 @@ def _zip_file(file_path):
             shutil.copyfileobj(f_in, f_out)
     return gz_file_path
 
-def _sha256sum(path):
-    h = hashlib.sha256()
+
+def _checksum_file(path):
+    h = hashlib.new(APT_BY_HASH_CHECKSUM_TYPE)
     with open(path, "rb") as f:
         for line in f:
             h.update(line)
-    return h.hexdigest()
\ No newline at end of file
+    return h.hexdigest()
+
+
+def _create_checksum_file(file_path):
+    by_hash_path = Path(file_path).parents[0] / "byhash"
+    by_hash_path.mkdir(parents=True, exists_ok=True)
+    hashed_path = by_hash_path / _checksum_file(file_path)
+    shutil.copyfile(file_path, hashed_path)
+    return hashed_path
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