Drop the Arch information from the Version structure as we can get

[apt.git] / apt-pkg / acquire-item.h

diff --git a/apt-pkg/acquire-item.h b/apt-pkg/acquire-item.h
index 3649d7a039bd2e92575ca6fa83954712cab1b88a..d862d0fdd9b363c918331a234061ceb05d52d100 100644 (file)
--- a/apt-pkg/acquire-item.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/acquire-item.h
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
    the Owner Acquire class. Derived classes will then call QueueURI to 
    register all the URI's they wish to fetch at the initial moment.   
    
    the Owner Acquire class. Derived classes will then call QueueURI to 
    register all the URI's they wish to fetch at the initial moment.   
    

-   Two item classes are provided to provide functionality for downloading
-   of Index files and downloading of Packages.
+   Three item classes are provided to provide functionality for
+   downloading of Index, Translation and Packages files.

    
    

-   A Archive class is provided for downloading .deb files. It does Md5
+   A Archive class is provided for downloading .deb files. It does Hash

    checking and source location as well as a retry algorithm.
    
    ##################################################################### */
    checking and source location as well as a retry algorithm.
    
    ##################################################################### */


@@ -26,78 +26,290 @@
 #include <apt-pkg/sourcelist.h>
 #include <apt-pkg/pkgrecords.h>
 #include <apt-pkg/indexrecords.h>
 #include <apt-pkg/sourcelist.h>
 #include <apt-pkg/pkgrecords.h>
 #include <apt-pkg/indexrecords.h>

-
-#ifdef __GNUG__
-#pragma interface "apt-pkg/acquire-item.h"
-#endif 
-
-// Item to acquire
+#include <apt-pkg/hashes.h>
+
+/** \addtogroup acquire
+ *  @{
+ *
+ *  \file acquire-item.h
+ */
+
+/** \brief Represents the process by which a pkgAcquire object should  {{{
+ *  retrieve a file or a collection of files.
+ *
+ *  By convention, Item subclasses should insert themselves into the
+ *  acquire queue when they are created by calling QueueURI(), and
+ *  remove themselves by calling Dequeue() when either Done() or
+ *  Failed() is invoked.  Item objects are also responsible for
+ *  notifying the download progress indicator (accessible via
+ *  #Owner->Log) of their status.
+ *
+ *  \see pkgAcquire
+ */

 class pkgAcquire::Item
 {  
    protected:
    
 class pkgAcquire::Item
 {  
    protected:
    

-   // Some private helper methods for registering URIs
+   /** \brief The acquire object with which this item is associated. */

    pkgAcquire *Owner;
    pkgAcquire *Owner;

+
+   /** \brief Insert this item into its owner's queue.
+    *
+    *  \param ItemDesc Metadata about this item (its URI and
+    *  description).
+    */

    inline void QueueURI(ItemDesc &Item)
                  {Owner->Enqueue(Item);};
    inline void QueueURI(ItemDesc &Item)
                  {Owner->Enqueue(Item);};

+
+   /** \brief Remove this item from its owner's queue. */

    inline void Dequeue() {Owner->Dequeue(this);};
    
    inline void Dequeue() {Owner->Dequeue(this);};
    

-   // Safe rename function with timestamp preservation
+   /** \brief Rename a file without modifying its timestamp.
+    *
+    *  Many item methods call this as their final action.
+    *
+    *  \param From The file to be renamed.
+    *
+    *  \param To The new name of #From.  If #To exists it will be
+    *  overwritten.
+    */

    void Rename(string From,string To);
    
    public:
 
    void Rename(string From,string To);
    
    public:
 

-   // State of the item
-   enum {StatIdle, StatFetching, StatDone, StatError, StatAuthError} Status;
+   /** \brief The current status of this item. */
+   enum ItemState
+     {
+       /** \brief The item is waiting to be downloaded. */
+       StatIdle,
+
+       /** \brief The item is currently being downloaded. */
+       StatFetching,
+
+       /** \brief The item has been successfully downloaded. */
+       StatDone,
+
+       /** \brief An error was encountered while downloading this
+       *  item.
+       */
+       StatError,
+
+       /** \brief The item was downloaded but its authenticity could
+       *  not be verified.
+       */
+       StatAuthError,
+
+       /** \brief The item was could not be downloaded because of 
+       *  a transient network error (e.g. network down)
+       */
+       StatTransientNetworkError
+     } Status;
+
+   /** \brief Contains a textual description of the error encountered
+    *  if #Status is #StatError or #StatAuthError.
+    */

    string ErrorText;
    string ErrorText;

+
+   /** \brief The size of the object to fetch. */

    unsigned long FileSize;
    unsigned long FileSize;

-   unsigned long PartialSize;   
+
+   /** \brief How much of the object was already fetched. */
+   unsigned long PartialSize;
+
+   /** \brief If not \b NULL, contains the name of a subprocess that
+    *  is operating on this object (for instance, "gzip" or "gpgv").
+    */

    const char *Mode;
    const char *Mode;

+
+   /** \brief A client-supplied unique identifier.
+    * 
+    *  This field is initalized to 0; it is meant to be filled in by
+    *  clients that wish to use it to uniquely identify items.
+    *
+    *  \todo it's unused in apt itself
+    */

    unsigned long ID;
    unsigned long ID;

+
+   /** \brief If \b true, the entire object has been successfully fetched.
+    *
+    *  Subclasses should set this to \b true when appropriate.
+    */

    bool Complete;
    bool Complete;

+
+   /** \brief If \b true, the URI of this object is "local".
+    *
+    *  The only effect of this field is to exclude the object from the
+    *  download progress indicator's overall statistics.
+    */

    bool Local;
 
    bool Local;
 

-   // Number of queues we are inserted into
+   /** \brief The number of fetch queues into which this item has been
+    *  inserted.
+    *
+    *  There is one queue for each source from which an item could be
+    *  downloaded.
+    *
+    *  \sa pkgAcquire
+    */

    unsigned int QueueCounter;
    
    unsigned int QueueCounter;
    

-   // File to write the fetch into
+   /** \brief The name of the file into which the retrieved object
+    *  will be written.
+    */

    string DestFile;
 
    string DestFile;
 

-   // Action members invoked by the worker
+   /** \brief Invoked by the acquire worker when the object couldn't
+    *  be fetched.
+    *
+    *  This is a branch of the continuation of the fetch process.
+    *
+    *  \param Message An RFC822-formatted message from the acquire
+    *  method describing what went wrong.  Use LookupTag() to parse
+    *  it.
+    *
+    *  \param Cnf The method via which the worker tried to fetch this object.
+    *
+    *  \sa pkgAcqMethod
+    */

    virtual void Failed(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
    virtual void Failed(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);

-   virtual void Done(string Message,unsigned long Size,string Md5Hash,
+
+   /** \brief Invoked by the acquire worker when the object was
+    *  fetched successfully.
+    *
+    *  Note that the object might \e not have been written to
+    *  DestFile; check for the presence of an Alt-Filename entry in
+    *  Message to find the file to which it was really written.
+    *
+    *  Done is often used to switch from one stage of the processing
+    *  to the next (e.g. fetching, unpacking, copying).  It is one
+    *  branch of the continuation of the fetch process.
+    *
+    *  \param Message Data from the acquire method.  Use LookupTag()
+    *  to parse it.
+    *  \param Size The size of the object that was fetched.
+    *  \param Hash The HashSum of the object that was fetched.
+    *  \param Cnf The method via which the object was fetched.
+    *
+    *  \sa pkgAcqMethod
+    */
+   virtual void Done(string Message,unsigned long Size,string Hash,

                     pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
                     pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);

+
+   /** \brief Invoked when the worker starts to fetch this object.
+    *
+    *  \param Message RFC822-formatted data from the worker process.
+    *  Use LookupTag() to parse it.
+    *
+    *  \param Size The size of the object being fetched.
+    *
+    *  \sa pkgAcqMethod
+    */

    virtual void Start(string Message,unsigned long Size);
    virtual void Start(string Message,unsigned long Size);

+
+   /** \brief Custom headers to be sent to the fetch process.
+    *
+    *  \return a string containing RFC822-style headers that are to be
+    *  inserted into the 600 URI Acquire message sent to the fetch
+    *  subprocess.  The headers are inserted after a newline-less
+    *  line, so they should (if nonempty) have a leading newline and
+    *  no trailing newline.
+    */

    virtual string Custom600Headers() {return string();};
    virtual string Custom600Headers() {return string();};

+
+   /** \brief A "descriptive" URI-like string.
+    *
+    *  \return a URI that should be used to describe what is being fetched.
+    */

    virtual string DescURI() = 0;
    virtual string DescURI() = 0;

+   /** \brief Short item description.
+    *
+    *  \return a brief description of the object being fetched.
+    */

    virtual string ShortDesc() {return DescURI();}
    virtual string ShortDesc() {return DescURI();}

+
+   /** \brief Invoked by the worker when the download is completely done. */

    virtual void Finished() {};
    
    virtual void Finished() {};
    

-   // Inquire functions
-   virtual string MD5Sum() {return string();};
+   /** \brief HashSum 
+    *
+    *  \return the HashSum of this object, if applicable; otherwise, an
+    *  empty string.
+    */
+   virtual string HashSum() {return string();};
+
+   /** \return the acquire process with which this item is associated. */

    pkgAcquire *GetOwner() {return Owner;};
    pkgAcquire *GetOwner() {return Owner;};

+
+   /** \return \b true if this object is being fetched from a trusted source. */

    virtual bool IsTrusted() {return false;};
    virtual bool IsTrusted() {return false;};

-   
+
+   /** \brief Initialize an item.
+    *
+    *  Adds the item to the list of items known to the acquire
+    *  process, but does not place it into any fetch queues (you must
+    *  manually invoke QueueURI() to do so).
+    *
+    *  Initializes all fields of the item other than Owner to 0,
+    *  false, or the empty string.
+    *
+    *  \param Owner The new owner of this item.
+    */

    Item(pkgAcquire *Owner);
    Item(pkgAcquire *Owner);

+
+   /** \brief Remove this item from its owner's queue by invoking
+    *  pkgAcquire::Remove.
+    */

    virtual ~Item();
 };
    virtual ~Item();
 };

-
-// item for index diffs
-
+                                                                       /*}}}*/
+/** \brief Information about an index patch (aka diff). */             /*{{{*/

 struct DiffInfo {
 struct DiffInfo {

+   /** The filename of the diff. */

    string file;
    string file;

+
+   /** The sha1 hash of the diff. */

    string sha1;
    string sha1;

+
+   /** The size of the diff. */

    unsigned long size;
 };
    unsigned long size;
 };

-
+                                                                       /*}}}*/
+/** \brief An item that is responsible for fetching an index file of   {{{
+ *  package list diffs and starting the package list's download.
+ *
+ *  This item downloads the Index file and parses it, then enqueues
+ *  additional downloads of either the individual patches (using
+ *  pkgAcqIndexDiffs) or the entire Packages file (using pkgAcqIndex).
+ *
+ *  \sa pkgAcqIndexDiffs, pkgAcqIndex
+ */

 class pkgAcqDiffIndex : public pkgAcquire::Item
 {
  protected:
 class pkgAcqDiffIndex : public pkgAcquire::Item
 {
  protected:

+   /** \brief If \b true, debugging information will be written to std::clog. */

    bool Debug;
    bool Debug;

+
+   /** \brief The item that is currently being downloaded. */

    pkgAcquire::ItemDesc Desc;
    pkgAcquire::ItemDesc Desc;

+
+   /** \brief The URI of the index file to recreate at our end (either
+    *  by downloading it or by applying partial patches).
+    */

    string RealURI;
    string RealURI;

-   string ExpectedMD5;
+
+   /** \brief The Hash that the real index file should have after
+    *  all patches have been applied.
+    */
+   HashString ExpectedHash;
+
+   /** \brief The index file which will be patched to generate the new
+    *  file.
+    */

    string CurrentPackagesFile;
    string CurrentPackagesFile;

+
+   /** \brief A description of the Packages file (stored in
+    *  pkgAcquire::ItemDesc::Description).
+    */

    string Description;
 
  public:
    string Description;
 
  public:


@@ -108,54 +320,204 @@ class pkgAcqDiffIndex : public pkgAcquire::Item
    virtual string DescURI() {return RealURI + "Index";};
    virtual string Custom600Headers();
 
    virtual string DescURI() {return RealURI + "Index";};
    virtual string Custom600Headers();
 

-   // helpers
+   /** \brief Parse the Index file for a set of Packages diffs.
+    *
+    *  Parses the Index file and creates additional download items as
+    *  necessary.
+    *
+    *  \param IndexDiffFile The name of the Index file.
+    *
+    *  \return \b true if the Index file was successfully parsed, \b
+    *  false otherwise.
+    */

    bool ParseDiffIndex(string IndexDiffFile);
    
    bool ParseDiffIndex(string IndexDiffFile);
    

+
+   /** \brief Create a new pkgAcqDiffIndex.
+    *
+    *  \param Owner The Acquire object that owns this item.
+    *
+    *  \param URI The URI of the list file to download.
+    *
+    *  \param URIDesc A long description of the list file to download.
+    *
+    *  \param ShortDesc A short description of the list file to download.
+    *
+    *  \param ExpectedHash The list file's MD5 signature.
+    */

    pkgAcqDiffIndex(pkgAcquire *Owner,string URI,string URIDesc,
    pkgAcqDiffIndex(pkgAcquire *Owner,string URI,string URIDesc,

-                  string ShortDesct, string ExpectedMD5);
+                  string ShortDesc, HashString ExpectedHash);

 };
 };

-
+                                                                       /*}}}*/
+/** \brief An item that is responsible for fetching all the patches    {{{
+ *  that need to be applied to a given package index file.
+ *
+ *  After downloading and applying a single patch, this item will
+ *  enqueue a new pkgAcqIndexDiffs to download and apply the remaining
+ *  patches.  If no patch can be found that applies to an intermediate
+ *  file or if one of the patches cannot be downloaded, falls back to
+ *  downloading the entire package index file using pkgAcqIndex.
+ *
+ *  \sa pkgAcqDiffIndex, pkgAcqIndex
+ */

 class pkgAcqIndexDiffs : public pkgAcquire::Item
 {
 class pkgAcqIndexDiffs : public pkgAcquire::Item
 {

+   private:
+
+   /** \brief Queue up the next diff download.
+    *
+    *  Search for the next available diff that applies to the file
+    *  that currently exists on disk, and enqueue it by calling
+    *  QueueURI().
+    *
+    *  \return \b true if an applicable diff was found, \b false
+    *  otherwise.
+    */
+   bool QueueNextDiff();
+
+   /** \brief Handle tasks that must be performed after the item
+    *  finishes downloading.
+    *
+    *  Dequeues the item and checks the resulting file's md5sum
+    *  against ExpectedHash after the last patch was applied.
+    *  There is no need to check the md5/sha1 after a "normal" 
+    *  patch because QueueNextDiff() will check the sha1 later.
+    *
+    *  \param allDone If \b true, the file was entirely reconstructed,
+    *  and its md5sum is verified. 
+    */
+   void Finish(bool allDone=false);
+

    protected:
    protected:

+
+   /** \brief If \b true, debugging output will be written to
+    *  std::clog.
+    */

    bool Debug;
    bool Debug;

+
+   /** \brief A description of the item that is currently being
+    *  downloaded.
+    */

    pkgAcquire::ItemDesc Desc;
    pkgAcquire::ItemDesc Desc;

+
+   /** \brief The URI of the package index file that is being
+    *  reconstructed.
+    */

    string RealURI;
    string RealURI;

-   string ExpectedMD5;

 
 

-   // this is the SHA-1 sum we expect after the patching
+   /** \brief The HashSum of the package index file that is being
+    *  reconstructed.
+    */
+   HashString ExpectedHash;
+
+   /** A description of the file being downloaded. */

    string Description;
    string Description;

+
+   /** The patches that remain to be downloaded, including the patch
+    *  being downloaded right now.  This list should be ordered so
+    *  that each diff appears before any diff that depends on it.
+    *
+    *  \todo These are indexed by sha1sum; why not use some sort of
+    *  dictionary instead of relying on ordering and stripping them
+    *  off the front?
+    */

    vector<DiffInfo> available_patches;
    vector<DiffInfo> available_patches;

-   enum {StateFetchIndex,StateFetchDiff,StateUnzipDiff,StateApplyDiff} State;
+
+   /** Stop applying patches when reaching that sha1 */
+   string ServerSha1;
+
+   /** The current status of this patch. */
+   enum DiffState
+     {
+       /** \brief The diff is in an unknown state. */
+        StateFetchUnkown,
+
+        /** \brief The diff is currently being fetched. */
+        StateFetchDiff,
+        
+        /** \brief The diff is currently being uncompressed. */
+        StateUnzipDiff,
+
+        /** \brief The diff is currently being applied. */
+        StateApplyDiff
+   } State;

 
    public:
    
 
    public:
    

-   // Specialized action members
+   /** \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(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
    virtual void Failed(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);

+

    virtual void Done(string Message,unsigned long Size,string Md5Hash,
                     pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
    virtual string DescURI() {return RealURI + "Index";};
 
    virtual void Done(string Message,unsigned long Size,string Md5Hash,
                     pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
    virtual string DescURI() {return RealURI + "Index";};
 

-   // various helpers
-   bool QueueNextDiff();
-   bool ApplyDiff(string PatchFile);
-   void Finish(bool allDone=false);
-
+   /** \brief Create an index diff item.
+    *
+    *  After filling in its basic fields, this invokes Finish(true) if
+    *  #diffs is empty, or QueueNextDiff() otherwise.
+    *
+    *  \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 ExpectedHash 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 diffs The remaining diffs from the index of diffs.  They
+    *  should be ordered so that each diff appears before any diff
+    *  that depends on it.
+    */

    pkgAcqIndexDiffs(pkgAcquire *Owner,string URI,string URIDesc,
    pkgAcqIndexDiffs(pkgAcquire *Owner,string URI,string URIDesc,

-                   string ShortDesct, string ExpectedMD5,
+                   string ShortDesc, HashString ExpectedHash,
+                   string ServerSha1,

                    vector<DiffInfo> diffs=vector<DiffInfo>());
 };
                    vector<DiffInfo> diffs=vector<DiffInfo>());
 };

-
-// Item class for index files
+                                                                       /*}}}*/
+/** \brief An acquire item that is responsible for fetching an index   {{{
+ *  file (e.g., Packages or Sources).
+ *
+ *  \sa pkgAcqDiffIndex, pkgAcqIndexDiffs, pkgAcqIndexTrans
+ *
+ *  \todo Why does pkgAcqIndex have protected members?
+ */

 class pkgAcqIndex : public pkgAcquire::Item
 {
    protected:
 class pkgAcqIndex : public pkgAcquire::Item
 {
    protected:

-   
+
+   /** \brief If \b true, the index file has been decompressed. */

    bool Decompression;
    bool Decompression;

+
+   /** \brief If \b true, the partially downloaded file will be
+    *  removed when the download completes.
+    */

    bool Erase;
    bool Erase;

+
+   /** \brief The download request that is currently being
+    *   processed.
+    */

    pkgAcquire::ItemDesc Desc;
    pkgAcquire::ItemDesc Desc;

+
+   /** \brief The object that is actually being fetched (minus any
+    *  compression-related extensions).
+    */

    string RealURI;
    string RealURI;

-   string ExpectedMD5;
+
+   /** \brief The expected hashsum of the decompressed index file. */
+   HashString ExpectedHash;
+
+   /** \brief The compression-related file extension that is being
+    *  added to the downloaded file (e.g., ".gz" or ".bz2").
+    */

    string CompressionExtension;
 
    public:
    string CompressionExtension;
 
    public:


@@ -166,27 +528,122 @@ class pkgAcqIndex : public pkgAcquire::Item
                     pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
    virtual string Custom600Headers();
    virtual string DescURI() {return RealURI + CompressionExtension;};
                     pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
    virtual string Custom600Headers();
    virtual string DescURI() {return RealURI + CompressionExtension;};

-
+   virtual string HashSum() {return ExpectedHash.toStr(); };
+
+   /** \brief Create a pkgAcqIndex.
+    *
+    *  \param Owner The pkgAcquire object with which this item is
+    *  associated.
+    *
+    *  \param URI The URI of the index file that is to be downloaded.
+    *
+    *  \param URIDesc A "URI-style" description of this index file.
+    *
+    *  \param ShortDesc A brief description of this index file.
+    *
+    *  \param ExpectedHash The expected hashsum of this index file.
+    *
+    *  \param compressExt The compression-related extension with which
+    *  this index file should be downloaded, or "" to autodetect
+    *  Compression types can be set with config Acquire::CompressionTypes,
+    *  default is ".lzma" or ".bz2" (if the needed binaries are present)
+    *  fallback is ".gz" or none.
+    */

    pkgAcqIndex(pkgAcquire *Owner,string URI,string URIDesc,
    pkgAcqIndex(pkgAcquire *Owner,string URI,string URIDesc,

-              string ShortDesct, string ExpectedMD5, string compressExt="");
+              string ShortDesc, HashString ExpectedHash, string compressExt="");

 };
 };

+                                                                       /*}}}*/
+/** \brief An acquire item that is responsible for fetching a          {{{
+ *  translated index file.
+ *
+ *  The only difference from pkgAcqIndex is that transient failures
+ *  are suppressed: no error occurs if the translated index file is
+ *  missing.
+ */
+class pkgAcqIndexTrans : public pkgAcqIndex
+{
+   public:
+  
+   virtual void Failed(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);

 
 

+   /** \brief Create a pkgAcqIndexTrans.
+    *
+    *  \param Owner The pkgAcquire object with which this item is
+    *  associated.
+    *
+    *  \param URI The URI of the index file that is to be downloaded.
+    *
+    *  \param URIDesc A "URI-style" description of this index file.
+    *
+    *  \param ShortDesc A brief description of this index file.
+    */
+   pkgAcqIndexTrans(pkgAcquire *Owner,string URI,string URIDesc,
+                   string ShortDesc);
+};
+                                                                       /*}}}*/
+/** \brief Information about an index file. */                         /*{{{*/

 struct IndexTarget
 {
 struct IndexTarget
 {

+   /** \brief A URI from which the index file can be downloaded. */

    string URI;
    string URI;

+
+   /** \brief A description of the index file. */

    string Description;
    string Description;

+
+   /** \brief A shorter description of the index file. */

    string ShortDesc;
    string ShortDesc;

+
+   /** \brief The key by which this index file should be
+    *  looked up within the meta signature file.
+    */

    string MetaKey;
 };
    string MetaKey;
 };

-
-// Item class for index signatures
+                                                                       /*}}}*/
+/** \brief An acquire item that downloads the detached signature       {{{
+ *  of a meta-index (Release) file, then queues up the release
+ *  file itself.
+ *
+ *  \todo Why protected members?
+ *
+ *  \sa pkgAcqMetaIndex
+ */

 class pkgAcqMetaSig : public pkgAcquire::Item
 {
    protected:
 class pkgAcqMetaSig : public pkgAcquire::Item
 {
    protected:

-   
+   /** \brief The last good signature file */
+   string LastGoodSig;
+
+
+   /** \brief The fetch request that is currently being processed. */

    pkgAcquire::ItemDesc Desc;
    pkgAcquire::ItemDesc Desc;

-   string RealURI,MetaIndexURI,MetaIndexURIDesc,MetaIndexShortDesc;
+
+   /** \brief The URI of the signature file.  Unlike Desc.URI, this is
+    *  never modified; it is used to determine the file that is being
+    *  downloaded.
+    */
+   string RealURI;
+
+   /** \brief The URI of the meta-index file to be fetched after the signature. */
+   string MetaIndexURI;
+
+   /** \brief A "URI-style" description of the meta-index file to be
+    *  fetched after the signature.
+    */
+   string MetaIndexURIDesc;
+
+   /** \brief A brief description of the meta-index file to be fetched
+    *  after the signature.
+    */
+   string MetaIndexShortDesc;
+
+   /** \brief A package-system-specific parser for the meta-index file. */

    indexRecords* MetaIndexParser;
    indexRecords* MetaIndexParser;

+
+   /** \brief The index files which should be looked up in the meta-index
+    *  and then downloaded.
+    *
+    *  \todo Why a list of pointers instead of a list of structs?
+    */

    const vector<struct IndexTarget*>* IndexTargets;
 
    public:
    const vector<struct IndexTarget*>* IndexTargets;
 
    public:


@@ -198,106 +655,255 @@ class pkgAcqMetaSig : public pkgAcquire::Item
    virtual string Custom600Headers();
    virtual string DescURI() {return RealURI; };
 
    virtual string Custom600Headers();
    virtual string DescURI() {return RealURI; };
 

+   /** \brief Create a new pkgAcqMetaSig. */

    pkgAcqMetaSig(pkgAcquire *Owner,string URI,string URIDesc, string ShortDesc,
                 string MetaIndexURI, string MetaIndexURIDesc, string MetaIndexShortDesc,
                 const vector<struct IndexTarget*>* IndexTargets,
                 indexRecords* MetaIndexParser);
 };
    pkgAcqMetaSig(pkgAcquire *Owner,string URI,string URIDesc, string ShortDesc,
                 string MetaIndexURI, string MetaIndexURIDesc, string MetaIndexShortDesc,
                 const vector<struct IndexTarget*>* IndexTargets,
                 indexRecords* MetaIndexParser);
 };

-
-// Item class for index signatures
+                                                                       /*}}}*/
+/** \brief An item that is responsible for downloading the meta-index  {{{
+ *  file (i.e., Release) itself and verifying its signature.
+ *
+ *  Once the download and verification are complete, the downloads of
+ *  the individual index files are queued up using pkgAcqDiffIndex.
+ *  If the meta-index file had a valid signature, the expected hashsums
+ *  of the index files will be the md5sums listed in the meta-index;
+ *  otherwise, the expected hashsums will be "" (causing the
+ *  authentication of the index files to be bypassed).
+ */

 class pkgAcqMetaIndex : public pkgAcquire::Item
 {
    protected:
 class pkgAcqMetaIndex : public pkgAcquire::Item
 {
    protected:

-   
+   /** \brief The fetch command that is currently being processed. */

    pkgAcquire::ItemDesc Desc;
    pkgAcquire::ItemDesc Desc;

-   string RealURI; // FIXME: is this redundant w/ Desc.URI?
+
+   /** \brief The URI that is actually being downloaded; never
+    *  modified by pkgAcqMetaIndex.
+    */
+   string RealURI;
+
+   /** \brief The file in which the signature for this index was stored.
+    *
+    *  If empty, the signature and the md5sums of the individual
+    *  indices will not be checked.
+    */

    string SigFile;
    string SigFile;

+
+   /** \brief The index files to download. */

    const vector<struct IndexTarget*>* IndexTargets;
    const vector<struct IndexTarget*>* IndexTargets;

+
+   /** \brief The parser for the meta-index file. */

    indexRecords* MetaIndexParser;
    indexRecords* MetaIndexParser;

+
+   /** \brief If \b true, the index's signature is currently being verified.
+    */

    bool AuthPass;
    // required to deal gracefully with problems caused by incorrect ims hits
    bool IMSHit; 
 
    bool AuthPass;
    // required to deal gracefully with problems caused by incorrect ims hits
    bool IMSHit; 
 

+   /** \brief Check that the release file is a release file for the
+    *  correct distribution.
+    *
+    *  \return \b true if no fatal errors were encountered.
+    */

    bool VerifyVendor(string Message);
    bool VerifyVendor(string Message);

+
+   /** \brief Called when a file is finished being retrieved.
+    *
+    *  If the file was not downloaded to DestFile, a copy process is
+    *  set up to copy it to DestFile; otherwise, Complete is set to \b
+    *  true and the file is moved to its final location.
+    *
+    *  \param Message The message block received from the fetch
+    *  subprocess.
+    */

    void RetrievalDone(string Message);
    void RetrievalDone(string Message);

+
+   /** \brief Called when authentication succeeded.
+    *
+    *  Sanity-checks the authenticated file, queues up the individual
+    *  index files for download, and saves the signature in the lists
+    *  directory next to the authenticated list file.
+    *
+    *  \param Message The message block received from the fetch
+    *  subprocess.
+    */

    void AuthDone(string Message);
    void AuthDone(string Message);

+
+   /** \brief Starts downloading the individual index files.
+    *
+    *  \param verify If \b true, only indices whose expected hashsum
+    *  can be determined from the meta-index will be downloaded, and
+    *  the hashsums of indices will be checked (reporting
+    *  #StatAuthError if there is a mismatch).  If verify is \b false,
+    *  no hashsum checking will be performed.
+    */

    void QueueIndexes(bool verify);
    
    public:
    
    // Specialized action members
    virtual void Failed(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
    void QueueIndexes(bool verify);
    
    public:
    
    // Specialized action members
    virtual void Failed(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);

-   virtual void Done(string Message,unsigned long Size,string Md5Hash,
+   virtual void Done(string Message,unsigned long Size, string Hash,

                     pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
    virtual string Custom600Headers();
    virtual string DescURI() {return RealURI; };
 
                     pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
    virtual string Custom600Headers();
    virtual string DescURI() {return RealURI; };
 

+   /** \brief Create a new pkgAcqMetaIndex. */

    pkgAcqMetaIndex(pkgAcquire *Owner,
                   string URI,string URIDesc, string ShortDesc,
                   string SigFile,
                   const vector<struct IndexTarget*>* IndexTargets,
                   indexRecords* MetaIndexParser);
 };
    pkgAcqMetaIndex(pkgAcquire *Owner,
                   string URI,string URIDesc, string ShortDesc,
                   string SigFile,
                   const vector<struct IndexTarget*>* IndexTargets,
                   indexRecords* MetaIndexParser);
 };

-
-// Item class for archive files
+                                                                       /*}}}*/
+/** \brief An item that is responsible for fetching a package file.    {{{
+ *
+ *  If the package file already exists in the cache, nothing will be
+ *  done.
+ */

 class pkgAcqArchive : public pkgAcquire::Item
 {
    protected:
 class pkgAcqArchive : public pkgAcquire::Item
 {
    protected:

-   
-   // State information for the retry mechanism
+   /** \brief The package version being fetched. */

    pkgCache::VerIterator Version;
    pkgCache::VerIterator Version;

+
+   /** \brief The fetch command that is currently being processed. */

    pkgAcquire::ItemDesc Desc;
    pkgAcquire::ItemDesc Desc;

+
+   /** \brief The list of sources from which to pick archives to
+    *  download this package from.
+    */

    pkgSourceList *Sources;
    pkgSourceList *Sources;

+
+   /** \brief A package records object, used to look up the file
+    *  corresponding to each version of the package.
+    */

    pkgRecords *Recs;
    pkgRecords *Recs;

-   string MD5;
+
+   /** \brief The hashsum of this package. */
+   HashString ExpectedHash;
+
+   /** \brief A location in which the actual filename of the package
+    *  should be stored.
+    */

    string &StoreFilename;
    string &StoreFilename;

+
+   /** \brief The next file for this version to try to download. */

    pkgCache::VerFileIterator Vf;
    pkgCache::VerFileIterator Vf;

+
+   /** \brief How many (more) times to try to find a new source from
+    *  which to download this package version if it fails.
+    *
+    *  Set from Acquire::Retries.
+    */

    unsigned int Retries;
    unsigned int Retries;

+
+   /** \brief \b true if this version file is being downloaded from a
+    *  trusted source.
+    */

    bool Trusted; 
 
    bool Trusted; 
 

-   // Queue the next available file for download.
+   /** \brief Queue up the next available file for this version. */

    bool QueueNext();
    
    public:
    
    bool QueueNext();
    
    public:
    

-   // Specialized action members

    virtual void Failed(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
    virtual void Failed(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);

-   virtual void Done(string Message,unsigned long Size,string Md5Hash,
+   virtual void Done(string Message,unsigned long Size,string Hash,

                     pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
                     pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);

-   virtual string MD5Sum() {return MD5;};

    virtual string DescURI() {return Desc.URI;};
    virtual string ShortDesc() {return Desc.ShortDesc;};
    virtual void Finished();
    virtual string DescURI() {return Desc.URI;};
    virtual string ShortDesc() {return Desc.ShortDesc;};
    virtual void Finished();

+   virtual string HashSum() {return ExpectedHash.toStr(); };

    virtual bool IsTrusted();
    
    virtual bool IsTrusted();
    

+   /** \brief Create a new pkgAcqArchive.
+    *
+    *  \param Owner The pkgAcquire object with which this item is
+    *  associated.
+    *
+    *  \param Sources The sources from which to download version
+    *  files.
+    *
+    *  \param Recs A package records object, used to look up the file
+    *  corresponding to each version of the package.
+    *
+    *  \param Version The package version to download.
+    *
+    *  \param StoreFilename A location in which the actual filename of
+    *  the package should be stored.  It will be set to a guessed
+    *  basename in the constructor, and filled in with a fully
+    *  qualified filename once the download finishes.
+    */

    pkgAcqArchive(pkgAcquire *Owner,pkgSourceList *Sources,
                 pkgRecords *Recs,pkgCache::VerIterator const &Version,
                 string &StoreFilename);
 };
    pkgAcqArchive(pkgAcquire *Owner,pkgSourceList *Sources,
                 pkgRecords *Recs,pkgCache::VerIterator const &Version,
                 string &StoreFilename);
 };

-
-// Fetch a generic file to the current directory
+                                                                       /*}}}*/
+/** \brief Retrieve an arbitrary file to the current directory.                {{{
+ *
+ *  The file is retrieved even if it is accessed via a URL type that
+ *  normally is a NOP, such as "file".  If the download fails, the
+ *  partial file is renamed to get a ".FAILED" extension.
+ */

 class pkgAcqFile : public pkgAcquire::Item
 {
 class pkgAcqFile : public pkgAcquire::Item
 {

+   /** \brief The currently active download process. */

    pkgAcquire::ItemDesc Desc;
    pkgAcquire::ItemDesc Desc;

-   string Md5Hash;
+
+   /** \brief The hashsum of the file to download, if it is known. */
+   HashString ExpectedHash;
+
+   /** \brief How many times to retry the download, set from
+    *  Acquire::Retries.
+    */

    unsigned int Retries;
    
    public:
    
    // Specialized action members
    virtual void Failed(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
    unsigned int Retries;
    
    public:
    
    // Specialized action members
    virtual void Failed(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);

-   virtual void Done(string Message,unsigned long Size,string Md5Hash,
+   virtual void Done(string Message,unsigned long Size,string CalcHash,

                     pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);
                     pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf);

-   virtual string MD5Sum() {return Md5Hash;};

    virtual string DescURI() {return Desc.URI;};
    virtual string DescURI() {return Desc.URI;};

-
-   // If DestFilename is empty, download to DestDir/<basename> if
-   // DestDir is non-empty, $CWD/<basename> otherwise.  If
-   // DestFilename is NOT empty, DestDir is ignored and DestFilename
-   // is the absolute name to which the file should be downloaded.
-   pkgAcqFile(pkgAcquire *Owner, string URI, string MD5, unsigned long Size,
+   virtual string HashSum() {return ExpectedHash.toStr(); };
+
+   /** \brief Create a new pkgAcqFile object.
+    *
+    *  \param Owner The pkgAcquire object with which this object is
+    *  associated.
+    *
+    *  \param URI The URI to download.
+    *
+    *  \param Hash The hashsum of the file to download, if it is known;
+    *  otherwise "".
+    *
+    *  \param Size The size of the file to download, if it is known;
+    *  otherwise 0.
+    *
+    *  \param Desc A description of the file being downloaded.
+    *
+    *  \param ShortDesc A brief description of the file being
+    *  downloaded.
+    *
+    *  \param DestDir The directory the file should be downloaded into.
+    *
+    *  \param DestFilename The filename+path the file is downloaded to.
+    *
+    *
+    * If DestFilename is empty, download to DestDir/<basename> if
+    * DestDir is non-empty, $CWD/<basename> otherwise.  If
+    * DestFilename is NOT empty, DestDir is ignored and DestFilename
+    * is the absolute name to which the file should be downloaded.
+    */
+
+   pkgAcqFile(pkgAcquire *Owner, string URI, string Hash, unsigned long Size,

              string Desc, string ShortDesc,
              const string &DestDir="", const string &DestFilename="");
 };
              string Desc, string ShortDesc,
              const string &DestDir="", const string &DestFilename="");
 };

+                                                                       /*}}}*/
+/** @} */

 
 #endif
 
 #endif