diff --git a/test/pacman/tests/epoch005.py b/test/pacman/tests/epoch005.py
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+self.description = "Sysupgrade with sync packages having absurd epochs"
+
+versions = (
+	"1234327518932650063289125782697890:1.0-1",
+	"1234327518932650063289125782697891:0.9-1",
+	"1234327518932650063289125782697891:1.0-1",
+	"1234327518932650063289125782697891:1.1-1",
+	"1234327518932650063289125782697892:1.0-1",
+)
+
+pkgvers = [(n, versions[n]) for n in range(len(versions))]
+for k, v in pkgvers: 
+	sp = pmpkg("pkg_%d" % k, v)
+	self.addpkg2db("sync", sp)
+
+for k, v in pkgvers:
+	lp = pmpkg("pkg_%d" % k, versions[2])
+	self.addpkg2db("local", lp)
+
+self.args = "-Su"
+
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
+for k, v in pkgvers:
+	right_ver = versions[max(k, 2)]
+	self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=pkg_%d|%s" % (k, right_ver))