--- /dev/null
+--- rpm-4.3/build/parsePreamble.c.orig 2004-02-26 22:31:15.020274848 +0100
++++ rpm-4.3/build/parsePreamble.c 2004-02-26 22:33:33.616205064 +0100
+@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@
+ extern int noLang;
+ /*@=redecl@*/
+
++static int noEpoch;
++
+ /**
+ */
+ /*@-boundswrite@*/
+@@ -626,6 +628,7 @@
+ spec->lineNum, spec->line);
+ return RPMERR_BADSPEC;
+ }
++ noEpoch = 0;
+ xx = headerAddEntry(pkg->header, tag, RPM_INT32_TYPE, &num, 1);
+ break;
+ case RPMTAG_AUTOREQPROV:
+@@ -865,6 +868,8 @@
+ strcpy(NVR, "(main package)");
+
+ pkg = newPackage(spec);
++
++ noEpoch = 1;
+
+ if (! initialPackage) {
+ /* There is one option to %package: <pkg> or -n <pkg> */
+@@ -932,6 +937,11 @@
+ if (!spec->anyarch && checkForValidArchitectures(spec))
+ return RPMERR_BADSPEC;
+
++ if (noEpoch) {
++ int num = 0;
++ headerAddEntry(pkg->header, RPMTAG_EPOCH, RPM_INT32_TYPE, &num, 1);
++ }
++
+ if (pkg == spec->packages)
+ fillOutMainPackage(pkg->header);
+