Use the common utils + separate stable and canary installations

basic-checks.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# It's a bad idea to run rpmbuild as root!
+if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then
+	disp "$red_bg------------------------ WARNING ------------------------\n\
+	      This script should NOT be executed with root privileges!\n\
+	      Building rpm packages as root is dangerous and may harm the system!\n\
+	      Actually, badly written RPM spec files may execute dangerous command in the system directories.\n\
+	      So it is REALLY safer not to run this script as root.\n\
+	      If you still want to continue, type \"do it!\" within 5 seconds (type anything else to exit)."
+	disp "------------------------ WARNING ------------------------$reset$bold"
+	read -t 5 -p '> Do you really want to do it (not recommended)? ' answer
+	if [ "$answer" != "do it!" ]; then
+		exit
+	fi
+	style $reset
+fi
+
+# Checks that the rpmbuild package is installed.
+if ! type 'rpmbuild' > /dev/null; then
+	echo 'You need the rpm development tools to create rpm packages.'
+	style $bold
+	read -n 1 -p '> Install the rpmdevtools package now? [y/N]: ' answer
+	echo
+	case "$answer" in
+		y|Y)
+			sudo -p 'Enter your password to install rpmdevtools: ' dnf install rpmdevtools
+			;;
+		*) 
+			echo "${reset}The package won't be installed. Exiting now."
+			exit
+	esac
+	style $reset
+else
+	disp "${green}rpmbuild detected.$reset"
+fi