--- apt-0.5.15cnc4/buildlib/config.h.in.rpm421	2003-12-09 18:29:39.000000000 +0200
+++ apt-0.5.15cnc4/buildlib/config.h.in	2003-12-09 18:30:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if RPM >= 4.1 is available */
 #undef HAVE_RPM41
 
+/* Define to 1 if RPM >= 4.2.1 is available */
+#undef HAVE_RPM421
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `setenv' function. */
 #undef HAVE_SETENV
 
--- apt-0.5.15cnc4/configure.in.rpm421	2003-12-09 18:21:16.000000000 +0200
+++ apt-0.5.15cnc4/configure.in	2003-12-09 19:11:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 AH_TEMPLATE(HAVE_RPM, [Define to 1 if RPM is available])
 AH_TEMPLATE(HAVE_RPM4, [Define to 1 if RPM >= 4 is available])
 AH_TEMPLATE(HAVE_RPM41, [Define to 1 if RPM >= 4.1 is available])
+AH_TEMPLATE(HAVE_RPM421, [Define to 1 if RPM >= 4.2.1 is available])
 rpm_version="none"
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(db1/db.h)
 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/usr/include/rpm"
@@ -58,7 +59,11 @@
       RPMLIBS="-lrpm $RPMDBLIBS -lrpmio -lz -lbz2 -lpopt"
       AC_CHECK_LIB(rpm, rpmtsUpdateDSI,
      	      [AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_RPM41, 1)
-     	       rpm_version="4.1"],
+     			AC_CHECK_LIB(rpm, rpmtsOp,
+	      			[AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_RPM421, 1)
+	       			 rpm_version="4.2.1"],
+     	       			[rpm_version="4.1"])
+			],
      	      [rpm_version="4.0.X"],
 	      [$RPMLIBS])
      ],
--- apt-0.5.15cnc4/apt-pkg/rpm/rpmsystem.cc.rpm421	2003-12-09 20:12:01.000000000 +0200
+++ apt-0.5.15cnc4/apt-pkg/rpm/rpmsystem.cc	2003-12-09 20:34:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -188,7 +188,12 @@
       "RPM::Erase-Options",
       NULL,
    };
+// Nopromote behavior was only enabled in rpm-4.2.1
+#ifdef HAVE_RPM421
    int NoPromote = 1;
+#else
+   int NoPromote = 0;
+#endif
    const char *Opt = *RPMOptions;
    while (*Opt && NoPromote)
    {