--- /dev/null
+--- rpm-5.4.4/lib/transaction.c.epoch_cmp~ 2011-11-30 22:25:26.646155379 +0100
++++ rpm-5.4.4/lib/transaction.c 2011-11-30 23:15:28.252768345 +0100
+@@ -1187,12 +1187,15 @@ rpmlog(RPMLOG_DEBUG, D_("sanity checking
+ const char *val = NULL;
+ he->tag = tags[t];
+ xx = headerGet(h, he, 0);
+- if (he->tag == RPMTAG_EPOCH)
++ if (he->tag == RPMTAG_EPOCH) {
+ val = rpmteE(p);
+- else if (he->tag == RPMTAG_DISTEPOCH)
++ if (val ? atoi(val) : 0 != he->p.ui32p ? *(he->p.ui32p) : 0)
++ nkeys--;
++ } else if (he->tag == RPMTAG_DISTEPOCH) {
+ val = rpmteD(p);
+- if (strcmp(he->p.str ? he->p.str : "", val ? val : ""))
+- nkeys--;
++ if (strcmp(he->p.str ? he->p.str : "", val ? val : ""))
++ nkeys--;
++ }
+ he->p.ptr = _free(he->p.ptr);
+ }
+ mi = rpmmiFree(mi);