diff --git a/gcstar.changes b/gcstar.changes
index ebeffb4..1d6fa25 100644
--- a/gcstar.changes
+++ b/gcstar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Feb 12 17:21:09 CET 2011 - vuntz@opensuse.org
+
+- Call relevant macros in %post/%postun:
+  + %desktop_database_post/postun because the package ships at
+    least one desktop file.
+  + %icon_theme_cache_post/postun because the package ships themed
+    icons.
+  + %mime_database_post/postun because the package ships a mime
+    type definition.
+- Remove shared-mime-info Requires: if it's not there, then we
+  simply don't need to update the mime database.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep  2 12:41:15 CEST 2010 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gcstar.spec b/gcstar.spec
index e133b11..e430f8a 100644
--- a/gcstar.spec
+++ b/gcstar.spec
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ Requires:       perl(HTML::Parser)
 Requires:       perl(XML::Parser)
 Requires:       perl(XML::Simple)
 Requires:       perl-libwww-perl
-Requires(post): shared-mime-info
-Requires(postun): shared-mime-info
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -89,16 +87,22 @@ rm %{buildroot}/usr/lib/gcstar/GCPlugins/GCbooks/GCSaraiva.pm.orig
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 %post
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1140
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1130
+%desktop_database_post
 %icon_theme_cache_post
+%mime_database_post
+%else
+update-mime-database %{_datadir}/mime || true
 %endif
-update-mime-database %{_datadir}/mime
 
 %postun
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1140
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1130
+%desktop_database_postun
 %icon_theme_cache_postun
+%mime_database_postun
+%else
+update-mime-database %{_datadir}/mime || true
 %endif
-update-mime-database %{_datadir}/mime
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)