def _rpm_md5sum(pathname):

    if not hasattr(_rpm_md5sum, '_cache'):
        _rpm_md5sum._cache = {}
        symlinks = []
        try:
            p = subprocess.Popen(['rpm', '-qa', '--dump'],
                                 close_fds=True,
                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                 stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
            pattern = re.compile(r'^(/etc/\S+) \d+ \d+ ([0-9a-f]+) ' # No ,
                                  '(0\d+) \S+ \S+ \d \d \d (\S+)$')
            for line in p.stdout:
                match = pattern.match(line)
                if match is None:
                    continue
                if '0120777' == match.group(3):
                    symlinks.append((match.group(1), match.group(4)))
                else:
                    _rpm_md5sum._cache[match.group(1)] = match.group(2)

            # Find the MD5 sum of the targets of any symbolic links, even
            # if the target is outside of /etc.
            pattern = re.compile(r'^(/\S+) \d+ \d+ ([0-9a-f]+) ' # No ,
                                  '(0\d+) \S+ \S+ \d \d \d (\S+)$')
            for pathname, target in symlinks:
                if '/' != target[0]:
                    target = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(
                        os.path.dirname(pathname), target))
                if target in _rpm_md5sum._cache:
                    _rpm_md5sum._cache[pathname] = _rpm_md5sum._cache[target]
                else:
                    p = subprocess.Popen(['rpm', '-qf', '--dump', target],
                                         close_fds=True,
                                         stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                         stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
                    for line in p.stdout:
                        match = pattern.match(line)
                        if match is not None and target == match.group(1):
                            _rpm_md5sum._cache[pathname] = match.group(2)

        except OSError:
            pass

    return _rpm_md5sum._cache.get(pathname, None)
Find the MD5 sum of the packaged version of pathname or `None` if the
dataset/ETHPy150Open devstructure/blueprint/blueprint/backend/files.py/_rpm_md5sum