clean up fallback to using get_ref in EasyBlock.check_checksums_for

Author: boegel

easybuild/framework/easyblock.py

@@ -2584,23 +2584,17 @@ def check_checksums_for(self, ent, sub='', source_cnt=None):
         ec_fn = os.path.basename(self.cfg.path)
         checksum_issues = []
 
-        if isinstance(ent, EasyConfig):
-            # try to get value with templates resolved, but fall back to not resolving templates;
-            # this is better for error reporting that includes names of source files
-            try:
-                sources = ent.get('sources', [])
-                patches = ent.get('patches', []) + ent.get('postinstallpatches', [])
-                checksums = ent.get('checksums', [])
-            except EasyBuildError:
-                sources = ent.get_ref('sources')
-                patches = ent.get_ref('patches') + ent.get_ref('postinstallpatches')
-                checksums = ent.get_ref('checksums')
-        elif isinstance(ent, dict):
+        # try to get value with templates resolved, but fall back to not resolving templates;
+        # this is better for error reporting that includes names of source files
+        try:
             sources = ent.get('sources', [])
             patches = ent.get('patches', []) + ent.get('postinstallpatches', [])
             checksums = ent.get('checksums', [])
-        else:
-            raise EasyBuildError(f"Unexpected value type in EasyBlock.check_checksums_for: {type(ent)}")
+        except EasyBuildError:
+            if isinstance(ent, EasyConfig):
+                sources = ent.get_ref('sources')
+                patches = ent.get_ref('patches') + ent.get_ref('postinstallpatches')
+                checksums = ent.get_ref('checksums')
 
         # Single source should be re-wrapped as a list, and checksums with it
         if isinstance(sources, dict):