whY kernel development is not for the light-hearted

 The linux kernel is a huge behemoth

[pankaj@pankajlaptop pysph-perf]$ su -
Password:
[root@pankajlaptop ~]# yum --enablerepo fedora-debuginfo --enablerepo updates-debuginfo install kernel-debuginfo
Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
Found 1 installed debuginfo package(s)
Enabling rpmfusion-nonfree-debuginfo: RPM Fusion for Fedora 14 - Nonfree - Debug
Enabling rpmfusion-free-updates-debuginfo: RPM Fusion for Fedora 14 - Free - Updates Debug
Enabling rpmfusion-free-debuginfo: RPM Fusion for Fedora 14 - Free - Debug
Enabling rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-debuginfo: RPM Fusion for Fedora 14 - Nonfree - Updates Debug
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel-debuginfo.x86_64 0:2.6.35.6-48.fc14 set to be installed
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 = 2.6.35.6-48.fc14 for package: kernel-debuginfo-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64.x86_64 0:2.6.35.6-48.fc14 set to be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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 Package                                           Arch                      Version                              Repository                            Size
=============================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 kernel-debuginfo                                  x86_64                    2.6.35.6-48.fc14                     updates-debuginfo                    239 M
Installing for dependencies:
 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64                    x86_64                    2.6.35.6-48.fc14                     updates-debuginfo                     37 M

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================================================================================================
Install       2 Package(s)

Total download size: 276 M
Installed size: 1.6 G
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata
Processing delta metadata
Package(s) data still to download: 276 M
(1/2): kernel-debuginfo-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64.rpm                                                                                   | 239 MB     01:11    
(2/2): kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64.rpm                                                                     |  37 MB     00:11    
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Total                                                                                                                        3.3 MB/s | 276 MB     01:23    
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing     : kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64                                                                                1/2
  Installing     : kernel-debuginfo-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64                                                                                              2/2

Installed:
  kernel-debuginfo.x86_64 0:2.6.35.6-48.fc14                                                                                                                

Dependency Installed:
  kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64.x86_64 0:2.6.35.6-48.fc14                                                                                                  

Complete!

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