--- rpm-4.2.1/lib/rpmds.c.orig	2003-06-04 22:23:29.000000000 +0400
+++ rpm-4.2.1/lib/rpmds.c	2004-03-04 14:15:37.000000000 +0300
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 int _rpmds_debug = 0;
 
 /*@unchecked@*/
-int _rpmds_nopromote = 1;
+int _rpmds_nopromote = 0;
 
 /*@unchecked@*/
 /*@-exportheadervar@*/
--- rpm-4.2.1/lib/poptALL.c.orig	2003-06-25 23:10:01.000000000 +0400
+++ rpm-4.2.1/lib/poptALL.c	2004-03-04 14:18:48.000000000 +0300
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@
 
  { "promoteepoch", '\0', POPT_ARG_VAL|POPT_ARGFLAG_DOC_HIDDEN, &_rpmds_nopromote, 0,
 	NULL, NULL},
+ { "nopromoteepoch", '\0', POPT_ARG_VAL|POPT_ARGFLAG_DOC_HIDDEN, &_rpmds_nopromote, 1,
+	NULL, NULL},
 
  { "fpsdebug", '\0', POPT_ARG_VAL|POPT_ARGFLAG_DOC_HIDDEN, &_fps_debug, -1,
 	NULL, NULL},