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+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+load helpers
+
+@test "rpm-build" {
+	if ! which runc ; then
+		skip
+	fi
+
+	# Build a container to use for building the binaries.
+	image=fedora:26
+	cid=$(buildah --debug=false from --pull --signature-policy ${TESTSDIR}/policy.json $image)
+	root=$(buildah --debug=false mount $cid)
+	commit=$(git log --format=%H -n 1)
+	shortcommit=$(echo ${commit} | cut -c-7)
+	mkdir -p ${root}/rpmbuild/{SOURCES,SPECS}
+
+	# Build the tarball.
+	(cd ..; git archive --format tar.gz --prefix=crio-${commit}/ ${commit}) > ${root}/rpmbuild/SOURCES/crio-${shortcommit}.tar.gz
+
+	# Update the .spec file with the commit ID.
+	sed s:REPLACEWITHCOMMITID:${commit}:g ${TESTSDIR}/../contrib/rpm/crio.spec > ${root}/rpmbuild/SPECS/crio.spec
+
+	# Install build dependencies and build binary packages.
+	buildah --debug=false run $cid -- dnf -y install 'dnf-command(builddep)' rpm-build
+	buildah --debug=false run $cid -- dnf -y builddep --spec rpmbuild/SPECS/crio.spec
+	buildah --debug=false run $cid -- rpmbuild --define "_topdir /rpmbuild" -ba /rpmbuild/SPECS/crio.spec
+
+	# Build a second new container.
+	cid2=$(buildah --debug=false from --pull --signature-policy ${TESTSDIR}/policy.json fedora:26)
+	root2=$(buildah --debug=false mount $cid2)
+
+	# Copy the binary packages from the first container to the second one, and build a list of
+	# their filenames relative to the root of the second container.
+	rpms=
+	mkdir -p ${root2}/packages
+	for rpm in ${root}/rpmbuild/RPMS/*/*.rpm ; do
+		cp $rpm ${root2}/packages/
+		rpms="$rpms "/packages/$(basename $rpm)
+	done
+
+	# Install the binary packages into the second container.
+	buildah --debug=false run $cid2 -- dnf -y install $rpms
+
+	# Run the binary package and compare its self-identified version to the one we tried to build.
+	id=$(buildah --debug=false run $cid2 -- kpod version | awk '/^Git Commit:/ { print $NF }')
+	bv=$(buildah --debug=false run $cid2 -- kpod version | awk '/^Version:/ { print $NF }')
+	rv=$(buildah --debug=false run $cid2 -- rpm -q --queryformat '%{version}' kpod)
+	echo "short commit: $shortcommit"
+	echo "id: $id"
+	echo "kpod version: $bv"
+	echo "kpod rpm version: $rv"
+	test $shortcommit = $id
+	test $bv = $rv
+
+	# Clean up.
+	buildah --debug=false rm $cid $cid2
+}