diff --git a/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.changes b/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.changes
index afec87a..df27522 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.changes
+++ b/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 30 12:34:56 CET 2008 - olh@suse.de
+
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 18 10:32:31 CEST 2008 - rhafer@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.spec b/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.spec
index b13a87b..16cf2ec 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.spec
+++ b/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Provides:       cyrus-sasl:/usr/sbin/saslauthd
 Provides:       cyrus-sasl2:/usr/sbin/saslauthd
 Summary:        The SASL Authentication Server
 Version:        2.1.22
-Release:        170
+Release:        181
 Source:         cyrus-sasl-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        cyrus-sasl-rc.tar.bz2
 Patch:          cyrus-sasl-%{version}.dif
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/sasl2/libldapdb.so*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 30 2008 olh@suse.de
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
 * Mon Aug 18 2008 rhafer@suse.de
 - Fixed init-scripts Required-Stop Tags
 * Tue Jul 29 2008 rhafer@suse.de
@@ -313,7 +315,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 - update to version 2.1.17
 * Fri Oct 31 2003 choeger@suse.de
 - Don't build as root
-* Sat Oct 18 2003 kukuk@suse.de
+* Fri Oct 17 2003 kukuk@suse.de
 - Remove unused des from neededforbuild
 * Tue Sep 16 2003 kukuk@suse.de
 - Add missing Provides [Bug #31005]
diff --git a/cyrus-sasl.changes b/cyrus-sasl.changes
index afec87a..df27522 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl.changes
+++ b/cyrus-sasl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 30 12:34:56 CET 2008 - olh@suse.de
+
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 18 10:32:31 CEST 2008 - rhafer@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cyrus-sasl.spec b/cyrus-sasl.spec
index 465618c..c3146f6 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl.spec
+++ b/cyrus-sasl.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 Name:           cyrus-sasl
 Version:        2.1.22
-Release:        162
+Release:        172
 BuildRequires:  db-devel krb5-devel openssl-devel opie pam-devel
 Obsoletes:      cyrus-sasl2 <= %{version}
 Provides:       cyrus-sasl2 = %{version}
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ License:        BSD 4-Clause
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Other
 Url:            http://asg.web.cmu.edu/sasl/
 AutoReqProv:    on
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      cyrus-sasl-64bit
+%endif
+%ifarch  %ix86 ppc
+Obsoletes:      cyrus-sasl-32bit
+%endif
+#
 Summary:        Implementation of Cyrus SASL API
 Source:         cyrus-sasl-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        cyrus-sasl-rc.tar.bz2
@@ -110,6 +118,14 @@ Requires:       cyrus-sasl
 License:        BSD 4-Clause
 Obsoletes:      cyrus-sasl2-devel <= %{version}
 Provides:       cyrus-sasl2-devel = %{version}
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      cyrus-sasl-devel-64bit
+%endif
+%ifarch  %ix86 ppc
+Obsoletes:      cyrus-sasl-devel-32bit
+%endif
+#
 Summary:        Cyrus SASL API Implementation, Libraries and Header Files
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
@@ -322,6 +338,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/libsasl2.la
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 30 2008 olh@suse.de
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
 * Mon Aug 18 2008 rhafer@suse.de
 - Fixed init-scripts Required-Stop Tags
 * Tue Jul 29 2008 rhafer@suse.de
@@ -447,7 +465,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 - update to version 2.1.17
 * Fri Oct 31 2003 choeger@suse.de
 - Don't build as root
-* Sat Oct 18 2003 kukuk@suse.de
+* Fri Oct 17 2003 kukuk@suse.de
 - Remove unused des from neededforbuild
 * Tue Sep 16 2003 kukuk@suse.de
 - Add missing Provides [Bug #31005]