+ * \param ExpectedHashes The list file's hashsums which are expected.
+ */
+ pkgAcqDiffIndex(pkgAcquire *Owner,
+ struct IndexTarget const * const Target,
+ HashStringList const &ExpectedHashes,
+ indexRecords *MetaIndexParser);
+};
+ /*}}}*/
+/** \brief An item that is responsible for fetching client-merge patches {{{
+ * that need to be applied to a given package index file.
+ *
+ * Instead of downloading and applying each patch one by one like its
+ * sister #pkgAcqIndexDiffs this class will download all patches at once
+ * and call rred with all the patches downloaded once. Rred will then
+ * merge and apply them in one go, which should be a lot faster – but is
+ * incompatible with server-based merges of patches like reprepro can do.
+ *
+ * \sa pkgAcqDiffIndex, pkgAcqIndex
+ */
+class pkgAcqIndexMergeDiffs : public pkgAcqBaseIndex
+{
+ protected:
+
+ /** \brief If \b true, debugging output will be written to
+ * std::clog.
+ */
+ bool Debug;
+
+ /** \brief URI of the package index file that is being
+ * reconstructed.
+ */
+ std::string RealURI;
+
+ /** \brief description of the file being downloaded. */
+ std::string Description;
+
+ /** \brief information about the current patch */
+ struct DiffInfo const patch;
+
+ /** \brief list of all download items for the patches */
+ std::vector<pkgAcqIndexMergeDiffs*> const * const allPatches;
+
+ /** The current status of this patch. */
+ enum DiffState
+ {
+ /** \brief The diff is currently being fetched. */
+ StateFetchDiff,
+
+ /** \brief The diff is currently being applied. */
+ StateApplyDiff,
+
+ /** \brief the work with this diff is done */
+ StateDoneDiff,
+
+ /** \brief something bad happened and fallback was triggered */
+ StateErrorDiff
+ } State;
+
+ public:
+ /** \brief Called when the patch file failed to be downloaded.
+ *
+ * This method will fall back to downloading the whole index file
+ * outright; its arguments are ignored.
+ */
+ virtual void Failed(std::string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
+ virtual void Done(std::string Message,unsigned long long Size, HashStringList const &Hashes,
+ pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
+ virtual std::string DescURI() const {return RealURI + "Index";};
+
+ /** \brief Create an index merge-diff item.
+ *
+ * \param Owner The pkgAcquire object that owns this item.
+ *
+ * \param URI The URI of the package index file being
+ * reconstructed.
+ *
+ * \param URIDesc A long description of this item.
+ *
+ * \param ShortDesc A brief description of this item.
+ *
+ * \param ExpectedHashes The expected md5sum of the completely
+ * reconstructed package index file; the index file will be tested
+ * against this value when it is entirely reconstructed.
+ *
+ * \param patch contains infos about the patch this item is supposed
+ * to download which were read from the index
+ *
+ * \param allPatches contains all related items so that each item can
+ * check if it was the last one to complete the download step