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• Fixes Generate site AIP package using packager fails with an NPE if using the passwords=true option #9428

Description

Very simple fix to include a check for empty password hash string before generating the password mets element

Instructions for Reviewers

To verify fix:

1. An eperson without a password must exist in the DB (this is a common scenario in cases where shibboleth login is used)
2. Run package command to generate a site package with the passwords=true option, e.g. [dspace]/bin/dspace -d -t AIP -o passwords=true -e [admin email] -i [handle_prefix]/0 [full-path-to-aip-package]

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