+
+ /** \brief Read and dispatch any pending messages from the
+ * subprocess.
+ *
+ * \return \b false if the subprocess died unexpectedly while a
+ * message was being transmitted.
+ */
+ bool InFdReady();
+
+ /** \brief Send any pending commands to the subprocess.
+ *
+ * This method will fail if there is no pending output.
+ *
+ * \return \b true if all commands were succeeded, \b false if an
+ * error occurred (in which case MethodFailure() will be invoked).
+ */
+ bool OutFdReady();
+
+ /** \brief Handle a 100 Capabilities response from the subprocess.
+ *
+ * \param Message the raw text of the message from the subprocess.
+ *
+ * The message will be parsed and its contents used to fill
+ * #Config. If #Config is NULL, this routine is a NOP.
+ *
+ * \return \b true.
+ */
+ bool Capabilities(std::string Message);
+
+ /** \brief Send a 601 Configuration message (containing the APT
+ * configuration) to the subprocess.
+ *
+ * The APT configuration will be send to the subprocess in a
+ * message of the following form:
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ * 601 Configuration
+ * Config-Item: Fully-Qualified-Item=Val
+ * Config-Item: Fully-Qualified-Item=Val
+ * ...
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * \return \b true if the command was successfully sent, \b false
+ * otherwise.
+ */
+ bool SendConfiguration();
+
+ /** \brief Handle a 403 Media Change message.
+ *
+ * \param Message the raw text of the message; the Media field
+ * indicates what type of media should be changed, and the Drive
+ * field indicates where the media is located.
+ *
+ * Invokes pkgAcquireStatus::MediaChange(Media, Drive) to ask the
+ * user to swap disks; informs the subprocess of the result (via
+ * 603 Media Changed, with the Failed field set to \b true if the
+ * user cancelled the media change).
+ */
+ bool MediaChange(std::string Message);