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To use and become familiar with the ''mock'' and ''koji'' tools.
''Mock'' is used to test that the BuildRequires for a package are complete and accurate, by creating a bare-bones [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroot chroot] environment containing only the [[:fedordfedora:Packaging/Guidelines#Exceptions_2|basic build packages]] plus any packages indicated by BuildRequires lines in the spec file.
''Koji'' is a client-server system which allows you to queue builds within the Fedora build farm. This permits you to test whether your package builds on multiple different architectures, which is especially useful when you don't otherwise have access to the machines of each architecture. For example,