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+Install-progress reporting
+--------------------------
+
+If the apt options `APT::Status-Fd` is set, apt will send status
+reports to that fd. The status information is separated with a '`:`',
+there are the following status conditions:
+
+* pmstatus
+* dlstatus
+* conffile-prompt
+* error
+* media-change
+
+The reason for using a fd instead of an OpProgress class is that many
+apt front-end fork a (vte) terminal for the actual installation.
+
+The reason to do the mapping and l10n of the dpkg states to human
+readable (and translatable) strings is that this way the translation
+needs to be done only once for all front-ends.
+
+
+pmstatus
+--------
+Status of the package manager (dpkg). This is send when packages
+are installed/removed.
+ pmstatus:pkgname:TotalPercentage:action-description
+
+* PkgName = the name of the package
+* TotalPercentage = the total progress between [0..100]
+* description = a i18ned human readable description of the current action
+
+Example:
+
+ # ./apt-get install -o APT::Status-Fd=2 3dchess >/dev/null
+ pmstatus:3dchess:20:Preparing 3dchess
+ pmstatus:3dchess:40:Unpacking 3dchess
+ pmstatus:3dchess:60:Preparing to configure 3dchess
+ pmstatus:3dchess:80:Configuring 3dchess
+ pmstatus:3dchess:100:Installed 3dchess
+
+pmerror
+-------
+ pmerror:deb:TotalPercentage:error string
+
+Example:
+
+ pmerror: /var/cache/apt/archives/krecipes_0.8.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb : 75% : trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/krecipes/krectip.png', which is also in package krecipes-data
+
+
+pmconffile
+----------
+ pmconffile:conffile:percent:'current-conffile' 'new-conffile' useredited distedited
+
+
+media-change
+------------
+ media-change:medium:drive:human-readable string
+
+Example:
+
+ media-change: Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Alpha i386 (20050830):/cdrom/:Please insert the disc labeled: 'Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Alpha i386 (20050830)' in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter.
+
+
+dlstatus
+--------
+ dlstatus:AlreadyDownloaded:TotalPercentage:action-description
+
+* AlreadyDownloaded = the number of already downloaded packages
+* TotalPercentage = the total progress between [0..100]
+* description = a i18ned human readable description of the current action
+
+Example:
+
+ dlstatus:1:9.05654:Downloading file 1 of 3 (4m40s remaining)
+ dlstatus:1:9.46357:Downloading file 1 of 3 (4m39s remaining)
+ dlstatus:1:9.61022:Downloading file 1 of 3 (4m38s remaining)