diff --git a/file.changes b/file.changes
index ec0bb3b..ae905af 100644
--- a/file.changes
+++ b/file.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 10 12:34:56 CET 2008 - olh@suse.de
+
+- use Obsoletes: -XXbit only for ppc64 to help solver during distupgrade
+  (bnc#437293)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 27 13:17:54 CET 2008 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/file.spec b/file.spec
index 6d768c3..ca0cc96 100644
--- a/file.spec
+++ b/file.spec
@@ -21,20 +21,17 @@
 Name:           file
 BuildRequires:  findutils zlib-devel
 Url:            http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
-License:        Other uncritical OpenSource License
+License:        BSD 2 Clause
 Group:          Productivity/File utilities
 AutoReqProv:    on
 # bug437293
 %ifarch ppc64
 Obsoletes:      file-64bit
 %endif
-%ifarch  %ix86 ppc
-Obsoletes:      file-32bit
-%endif
 #
 # Set Version also in python-magic.spec
 Version:        4.24
-Release:        42
+Release:        43
 Summary:        A Tool to Determine File Types
 Source:         ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch:          file-%{version}.dif
@@ -185,6 +182,9 @@ unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 %attr(644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man3/libmagic.3.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 10 2008 olh@suse.de
+- use Obsoletes: -XXbit only for ppc64 to help solver during distupgrade
+  (bnc#437293)
 * Thu Nov 27 2008 werner@suse.de
 - Add libsatsolver file magic
 - Re-enable detection of old LZW (.Z) format (bnc#448984)
diff --git a/python-magic.spec b/python-magic.spec
index 2554fcb..822899f 100644
--- a/python-magic.spec
+++ b/python-magic.spec
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ License:        Other uncritical OpenSource License
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        4.24
-Release:        50
+Release:        51
 Summary:        Python module to use libmagic
 %py_requires
 Source99:       file.spec