diff --git a/func/core/pkg_release/50-release-ver.sh b/func/core/pkg_release/50-release-ver.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cdb17b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/func/core/pkg_release/50-release-ver.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Check that the release package is 1.X
+r_log "rocky release" "Checking that the package is at least X.Y-1.B"
+
+RELEASE_VER="$(rpm -q rocky-release --qf '%{RELEASE}')"
+RELNUM="${RELEASE_VER:0:1}"
+if [ "${RELNUM}" -ge "1" ]; then
+  if [ "${RELEASE_VER:0:3}" == [${RELNUM}.[:digit:]] ]; then
+    ret_val="0"
+  else
+    r_log "rocky release" "FAIL: The release package is not in X.Y-A.B format"
+    ret_val="1"
+  fi
+else
+    r_log "rocky release" "FAIL: The release package likely starts with 0 and is not considered production ready."
+  ret_val="1"
+fi
+
+r_checkExitStatus $ret_val
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/util/shared.py b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/util/shared.py
index 999d468..130b78c 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/util/shared.py
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/util/shared.py
@@ -415,6 +415,23 @@ class Shared:
             )
         return cmd
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def rsync_cmd(logger) -> str:
+        """
+        This generates the rsync command. This is used for general syncing
+        operations.
+        """
+        cmd = None
+        if os.path.exists("/usr/bin/rsync"):
+            cmd = "/usr/bin/rsync"
+        else:
+            logger.error(Color.FAIL + '/usr/bin/rsync was not found. Good bye.')
+            raise SystemExit("\n\n/usr/bin/rsync was not found.\n\nPlease "
+                    " ensure that you have installed the necessary packages on "
+                    " this system. "
+            )
+        return cmd
+
     @staticmethod
     def generate_conf(
             shortname,
@@ -562,15 +579,15 @@ class Shared:
         Returns a string for the rsync command plus parallel. Yes, this is a
         hack.
         """
-        find_cmd = '/usr/bin/find'
-        parallel_cmd = '/usr/bin/parallel'
+        #find_cmd = '/usr/bin/find'
+        #parallel_cmd = '/usr/bin/parallel'
         cmd = '/usr/bin/rsync'
         switches = '-vrlptDSH --chown=10004:10005 --progress --human-readable'
-        rsync_cmd = '{} {} {}/ {}'.format(cmd, switches, src, dest)
+        rsync_command = f'{Shared.rsync_cmd} {switches} {src}/ {dest}'
 
         #os.makedirs(dest, exist_ok=True)
         process = subprocess.call(
-                shlex.split(rsync_cmd),
+                shlex.split(rsync_command),
                 stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
                 stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
         )
@@ -588,6 +605,7 @@ class Shared:
 
         return message, retval
 
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-locals,too-many-arguments
     @staticmethod
     def s3_determine_latest(s3_bucket, release, arches, filetype, name, logger):
         """
@@ -1424,3 +1442,8 @@ class Idents:
         """
         Gets a volume ID
         """
+
+class Syncs:
+    """
+    Various rsync abilities, converted from the sync dir in the toolkit
+    """