diff --git a/boost.changes b/boost.changes
index 94cb2e5..7cf50b9 100644
--- a/boost.changes
+++ b/boost.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr 16 23:35:40 CEST 2009 - crrodriguez@suse.de
+
+- as agreed with maintainer, get rid of static libraries 
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr 16 01:11:10 CEST 2009 - ro@suse.de
+
+- buildfix: fix typo in specfile 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 16 14:39:20 CET 2009 - pth@suse.de
 
diff --git a/boost.spec b/boost.spec
index 228ab67..26eb2ac 100644
--- a/boost.spec
+++ b/boost.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Summary:        Boost C++ Libraries
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Version:        1.38.0
-Release:        5
+Release:        6
 Source0:        %{name}_1_38_0.tar.bz2
 Source1:        boost-rpmlintrc
 Source2:        boost_1_33_1_man.tar.bz2
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ documentation, see the boost-doc package.
 License:        BSD 3-Clause
 Summary:        Development package for Boost C++
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Requires:       %{all_libs}
+Requires:       %{all_libs} libstdc++-devel
 AutoReqProv:    on
 
 %description devel
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ using mpi ;
 EOF
 # Set PATH, MANPATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 %if %build_mpi
-source /var/mpi-selector/data/$(rpm --qf "%{VERSION}" -q openmpi).sh
+source /var/mpi-selector/data/$(rpm --qf "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}" -q openmpi).sh
 %endif
 %{_bindir}/bjam ${BJAM_CONFIG} --user-config=user-config.jam cflags="%{optflags}" cxxflags="%{optflags}" stage || (echo "Not all Boost libraries built properly."; exit 1)
 
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ export EXPAT_INCLUDE=/usr/include EXPAT_LIBPATH=%{_libdir} REGEX_FLAGS="--with-i
 export PYTHON_FLAGS
 # Set PATH, MANPATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 %if %build_mpi
-source /var/mpi-selector/data/$(rpm --qf "%{VERSION}" -q openmpi).sh
+source /var/mpi-selector/data/$(rpm --qf "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}" -q openmpi).sh
 %endif
 %{_bindir}/bjam ${BJAM_CONFIG} --user-config=user-config.jam \
 	--prefix=%{buildroot}%{_prefix} \
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ ln -s /usr/include/boost %{buildroot}%{_docdir}
 ln -s ../LICENSE_1_0.txt %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/libs
 #only for documentation, doesn't need to be executable
 find %{buildroot}%{_docdir} -name \*.py -exec chmod -x {} +
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.a
 #symlink dupes
 %if 0%suse_version > 1020
 %fdupes %buildroot
@@ -599,7 +600,6 @@ find %{buildroot}%{_docdir} -name \*.py -exec chmod -x {} +
 %defattr(-, root, root, -)
 %{_includedir}/boost
 %{_libdir}/*.so
-%{_libdir}/*.a
 %if %build_mpi
 %exclude %{_libdir}/mpi.so
 %endif
@@ -613,6 +613,10 @@ find %{buildroot}%{_docdir} -name \*.py -exec chmod -x {} +
 %doc %{_mandir}/man7/*.7.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 16 2009 crrodriguez@suse.de
+- as agreed with maintainer, get rid of static libraries
+* Thu Apr 16 2009 ro@suse.de
+- buildfix: fix typo in specfile
 * Mon Mar 16 2009 pth@suse.de
 - Don't rely on system default mpi implementation being set. This
   fixes building boost on systems before openSUSE 11.0.
@@ -1185,7 +1189,7 @@ find %{buildroot}%{_docdir} -name \*.py -exec chmod -x {} +
 - Fix broken assembler constraints [#148429].
 * Wed Jan 25 2006 mls@suse.de
 - converted neededforbuild to BuildRequires
-* Tue Jan 17 2006 schwab@suse.de
+* Wed Jan 18 2006 schwab@suse.de
 - Don't strip binaries.
 * Wed Dec 07 2005 pth@suse.de
 - Fix cases of type-punning in boost::python
diff --git a/boost.spec.in b/boost.spec.in
index 360f86b..10526f7 100644
--- a/boost.spec.in
+++ b/boost.spec.in
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ see the boost-doc package.
 License:        BSD 3-Clause
 Summary:        Development package for Boost C++
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Requires:       %{all_libs}
+Requires:       %{all_libs} libstdc++-devel
 AutoReqProv:    on
 
 %description devel
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ EOF
 
 # Set PATH, MANPATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 %if %build_mpi
-source /var/mpi-selector/data/$(rpm --qf "%{VERSION}" -q openmpi).sh
+source /var/mpi-selector/data/$(rpm --qf "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}" -q openmpi).sh
 %endif
 
 %{_bindir}/bjam ${BJAM_CONFIG} --user-config=user-config.jam cflags="%{optflags}" cxxflags="%{optflags}" stage || (echo "Not all Boost libraries built properly."; exit 1)
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ export PYTHON_FLAGS
 
 # Set PATH, MANPATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 %if %build_mpi
-source /var/mpi-selector/data/$(rpm --qf "%{VERSION}" -q openmpi).sh
+source /var/mpi-selector/data/$(rpm --qf "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}" -q openmpi).sh
 %endif
 
 %{_bindir}/bjam ${BJAM_CONFIG} --user-config=user-config.jam \
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ ln -s /usr/include/boost %{buildroot}%{_docdir}
 ln -s ../LICENSE_1_0.txt %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/libs
 #only for documentation, doesn't need to be executable
 find %{buildroot}%{_docdir} -name \*.py -exec chmod -x {} +
-
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.a
 #symlink dupes
 %if 0%suse_version > 1020
 %fdupes %buildroot
@@ -604,7 +604,6 @@ find %{buildroot}%{_docdir} -name \*.py -exec chmod -x {} +
 %defattr(-, root, root, -)
 %{_includedir}/boost
 %{_libdir}/*.so
-%{_libdir}/*.a
 %if %build_mpi
 %exclude %{_libdir}/mpi.so
 %endif