diff --git a/gc.changes b/gc.changes
index 27f1c61..d8cc9b6 100644
--- a/gc.changes
+++ b/gc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Feb 11 08:55:11 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- put the provides for libatomic-ops-devel in a package actually
+  in existance
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Dec 25 16:02:21 UTC 2011 - idonmez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/gc.spec b/gc.spec
index 4aa26fe..b39a424 100644
--- a/gc.spec
+++ b/gc.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package gc
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
+
 Name:           gc
 Version:        7.1.9.6
 Release:        0
@@ -29,8 +30,6 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
-Conflicts:      libatomic-ops-devel <= %{src_ver}
-Provides:       libatomic-ops-devel = %{src_ver}
 
 %description
 The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used as a
@@ -75,6 +74,8 @@ be otherwise accessed.
 Summary:        Atomic memory update operations
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Provides:       libatomic_ops-static = %{version}-%{release}
+Obsoletes:      libatomic-ops-devel <= 1.2
+Provides:       libatomic-ops-devel = %{version}
 
 %description -n libatomic_ops-devel 
 Provides implementations for atomic memory update operations on a