diff --git a/mock/c7-kernel-alt.noarch.cfg b/mock/c7-kernel-alt.noarch.cfg
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+config_opts['root'] = 'TARGETNAME'
+config_opts['target_arch'] = 'noarch'
+config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('ppc64le','noarch',)
+config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils centos-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux which xz'
+config_opts['dist'] = 'el7'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst
+
+config_opts['%centos_ver'] = "7"
+config_opts['macros']['%centos_ver'] = "7"
+config_opts['macros']['%rhel'] = "7"
+config_opts['macros']['%centos'] = "7"
+config_opts['macros']['%el7'] = "1"
+config_opts['macros']['%redhat'] = "7"
+config_opts['macros']['%vendor'] = "CentOS"
+config_opts['macros']['%packager'] = "CentOS BuildSystem <http://bugs.centos.org>"
+config_opts['macros']['%_vendor'] = "redhat"
+config_opts['macros']['%_vendor_host'] = "redhat"
+config_opts['macros']['%_host'] = "ppc64le-redhat-linux-gnu"
+config_opts['macros']['%_without_selftests'] = "1" 
+
+config_opts['yum.conf'] = """
+[main]
+cachedir=/var/cache/yum
+debuglevel=1
+reposdir=/dev/null
+logfile=/var/log/yum.log
+retries=20
+obsoletes=1
+gpgcheck=0
+assumeyes=1
+syslog_ident=mock
+syslog_device=
+
+# repos
+[c7-extras.ppc64le]
+name=c7-extras.ppc64le
+baseurl=http://repohost/repo/c7-extras.ppc64le/
+gpgcheck=0
+
+[c7.1708.u.ppc64le]
+name=c7.1708.u.ppc64le
+baseurl=http://repohost/repo/c7.1708.u.ppc64le/
+gpgcheck=0
+
+[c7.1708.00.ppc64le]
+name=c7.1708.00.ppc64le
+baseurl=http://repohost/repo/c7.1708.00.ppc64le/
+gpgcheck=0
+
+[c7.1804.u.ppc64le]
+name=c7.1804.u.ppc64le
+baseurl=http://repohost/repo/c7.1804.u.ppc64le/
+gpgcheck=0
+
+[c7.1804.00.ppc64le]
+name=c7.1804.00.ppc64le
+baseurl=http://repohost/repo/c7.1804.00.ppc64le/
+gpgcheck=0
+
+[c7-devtoolset-8.ppc64le]
+name=c7-devtoolset-8
+baseurl=http://repohost/repo/c7-devtoolset-8.ppc64le/
+gpgcheck=0
+
+[c7-llvm-toolset-7.0.ppc64le]
+name=c7-llvm-toolset-7.0
+baseurl=http://repohost/repo/c7-llvm-toolset-7.0.ppc64le/
+gpgcheck=0
+
+[c7-rust-toolset-1.35.ppc64le]
+name=c7-rust-toolset-1.35
+baseurl=http://repohost/repo/c7-rust-toolset-1.35.ppc64le/
+gpgcheck=0
+
+[c7-kernel-alt.ppc64le]
+name=c7-kernel-alt
+baseurl=http://repohost/repo/c7-kernel-alt.ppc64le/
+gpgcheck=0
+
+[c7.1810.u.ppc64le]
+name=c7.1810.u.ppc64le
+baseurl=http://repohost/repo/c7.1810.u.ppc64le/
+gpgcheck=0
+
+[c7.1810.00.ppc64le]
+name=c7.1810.00.ppc64le
+baseurl=http://repohost/repo/c7.1810.00.ppc64le/
+gpgcheck=0
+
+[c7.1908.u.ppc64le]
+name=c7.1908.u.ppc64le
+baseurl=http://repohost/repo/c7.1908.u.ppc64le/
+gpgcheck=0
+
+[c7.1908.00.ppc64le]
+name=c7.1908.00.ppc64le
+baseurl=http://repohost/repo/c7.1908.00.ppc64le/
+gpgcheck=0
+"""