diff --git a/aaa_base.changes b/aaa_base.changes
index fa759a0..f8a7030 100644
--- a/aaa_base.changes
+++ b/aaa_base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec 14 16:16:26 CET 2007 - ro@suse.de
+
+- remove requires for aaa_skel
+- provide and obsolete aaa_skel (dropped package) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 12 17:18:51 CET 2007 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/aaa_base.spec b/aaa_base.spec
index d3ef656..f460b7d 100644
--- a/aaa_base.spec
+++ b/aaa_base.spec
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@
 # norootforbuild
 
 Name:           aaa_base
-BuildRequires:  aaa_skel
 License:        GPL v2 or later
 Group:          System/Fhs
-Provides:       bin bootutls etc skeleng skelger
-Requires:       aaa_skel filesystem distribution-release logrotate /bin/mktemp /usr/bin/find /usr/bin/xargs mingetty cpio udev psmisc
+Provides:       bin bootutls etc skeleng skelger aaa_skel
+Obsoletes:      aaa_skel
+Requires:       filesystem distribution-release logrotate /bin/mktemp /usr/bin/find /usr/bin/xargs mingetty cpio udev psmisc
 PreReq:         /usr/bin/sed /usr/bin/grep /bin/mv /bin/cat /bin/ls /bin/date /usr/bin/cmp /bin/fillup /sbin/insserv net-tools
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        11.0
-Release:        7
+Release:        8
 Summary:        SUSE Linux Base Package
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Source:         aaa_base.tar.bz2
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ gcc $RPM_OPT_FLAGS $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/get_kernel_version.c -o $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/get_k
 install -d -m 700 root
 cp -a ../aaa_base/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 cp $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/get_kernel_version $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/sbin
-# Copy .exrc and .xinitrc from /etc/skel for root
-cp -av /etc/skel/.exrc $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/root/
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/adm/fillup-templates
 for i in $RPM_BUILD_DIR/sysconfig_parts/sysconfig.* $RPM_BUILD_DIR/sysconfig_parts/removed_variables.aaa_base; do
   cp $i $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/adm/fillup-templates/
@@ -134,6 +132,9 @@ done > aaa_base.files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Dec 14 2007 - ro@suse.de
+- remove requires for aaa_skel
+- provide and obsolete aaa_skel (dropped package)
 * Wed Dec 12 2007 - werner@suse.de
 - Adjust file for hwclock<->sysclock only on UTC hwclock (#223365)
 * Mon Dec 10 2007 - ro@suse.de
diff --git a/aaa_base.tar.bz2 b/aaa_base.tar.bz2
index 293a680..1849088 100644
--- a/aaa_base.tar.bz2
+++ b/aaa_base.tar.bz2
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:8a5226508852ff34260c9dcda1e34928c5841a7abb0890dc7e5adbb6a59b025b
-size 80417
+oid sha256:1b0f6be538520538718efdd411a353c00338623bcb5fbeb57d7ceb6d2fbcf665
+size 81024