It turns out the entire test is no longer relevant, because it tests for the presence of a bug in apt_pkg.sha256sum, which the first revision in this branch removes all uses of. Hence, the fix is to simply delete the test.
Incremental diff: just the deletion of the entire method lp.archivepublisher.tests.test_publisher.TestPublisher.testAptSHA256
It turns out the entire test is no longer relevant, because it tests for the presence of a bug in apt_pkg.sha256sum, which the first revision in this branch removes all uses of. Hence, the fix is to simply delete the test.
Incremental diff: just the deletion of the entire method lp.archivepubli sher.tests. test_publisher. TestPublisher. testAptSHA256
This is ready for re-review and landing now.