}

      return [eval ::PackageRepository::getFileViaHttp \
          [list $uri] [list 20] [list stdout] [list $quiet] $options]
    }
  }

  #
  # NOTE: This procedure returns the prefix for fully qualified variable
  #       names that MAY be present in the global namespace.  There are
  #       no arguments.
  #
  proc getDownloadVarNamePrefix {} {
    return ::pkgd_; # TODO: Make non-global?
  }

  #
  # NOTE: This procedure resets the currently configured login cookie, if
  #       any, and then attempts to login using the configured package
  #       repository server API key -OR- using the public access account.
  #       Upon success, it will set the login cookie to the one from the
  #       raw response data.  Upon failure, a script error will be raised.
  #       There are no arguments.
  #
  # <public>
  proc resetCookieAndLoginSimple {} {
    variable publicPassword
    variable publicUserName

    set apiKey [lindex [::PackageRepository::getApiKeys \
        [getDownloadVarNamePrefix]] 0]

    if {[string length $apiKey] > 0} then {
      return [resetCookieAndLogin $apiKey $apiKey]
    }

    if {[string length $publicUserName] > 0 && \
        [string length $publicPassword] > 0} then {
      return [resetCookieAndLogin $publicUserName $publicPassword]
    }

    error "missing API keys and no public login credentials configured"
  }

  #
  # NOTE: This procedure resets the currently configured login cookie, if
  #       any, and then attempts to login using the specified user name and
  #       password.  Upon success, it will set the login cookie to the one
  #       from the raw response data.  Upon failure, a script error will be