Generate dummy/fake RPMs - great for acceptance testing systems

fakerpm.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# From: https://www.redhat.com/archives/rpm-list/2006-November/msg00062.html
#
# Generate dummy/fake RPMs - great for acceptance testing systems
#
NAME=$1 

#
# GEnerate Provides:
PROVIDES="Provides: ${1}"

#
# Generate Spec file
SPECFILE=$(mktemp)
cat <<EOF > ${SPECFILE}
#----------- spec file starts ---------------
Name:                   ${NAME}
Version:                1.0.0
Release:                0
Vendor:                 dummy
Group:                  dummy
Summary:                Provides %{name}
License:                %{vendor}
# in Provides: you add whatever you want to fool the system
Buildroot:              %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
${PROVIDES}

%description
%{summary}

%files
EOF

#
# Build it 
BUILD_LOG=$(mktemp)
rpmbuild --define '_rpmdir /tmp' -bb "${SPECFILE}" > "${BUILD_LOG}"
if [ $? != 0 ]
then
  echo "ERROR: Could nto build dummy rpm!"
fi
PKG=$(awk '/^Wrote:/ { print $2 }' < "${BUILD_LOG}" )
rm "${BUILD_LOG}"

#
# Install it:
#rpm -Uvh "${PKG}"

rm "${SPECFILE}"

echo "DONE!  created ${PKG} and moved it here..."
mv $PKG .

Hi there! I don't have rpmbuild installed, and searching in dnf shows mutliple options. Which one do you have installed?

This is for rpmbuild before dnf existed.

Oh right... no worries anyway, I found it under the package copr-rpmbuild. I guess before dnf existed that would still be installed in the same way using yum.

And hey, thanks for the script! It worked like a charm for creating an android-tools dummy to keep using the ones bundled with Android Studio.