--- /dev/null
+--- rpm-5.0.2/build/parsePreamble.c 2007-12-31 18:21:47.000000000 +0200
++++ rpm-5.0.2-epoch0/build/parsePreamble.c 2008-02-17 20:17:38.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1082,6 +1082,21 @@
+ headerCopyTags(spec->packages->header, pkg->header,
+ (uint32_t *)copyTagsDuringParse);
+
++ /* Add Epoch: 0 to package header if it was not set by spec */
++ he->tag = RPMTAG_NAME;
++ if (headerGet(spec->packages->header, he, 0) == 0) {
++ int num = 0;
++
++ he->tag = RPMTAG_EPOCH;
++ he->t = RPM_UINT32_TYPE;
++ he->p.ui32p = #
++ he->c = 1;
++ xx = headerPut(pkg->header, he, 0);
++
++ /* also declare %{epoch} to be same */
++ addMacro(spec->macros, "epoch", NULL, "0", RMIL_SPEC);
++ }
++
+ if (checkForRequired(pkg->header, NVR) != RPMRC_OK)
+ return RPMRC_FAIL;
+