diff --git a/gpm.changes b/gpm.changes
index e5dafe0..4c00f2a 100644
--- a/gpm.changes
+++ b/gpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 24 12:34:56 CET 2008 - olh@suse.de
+
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 22 15:20:59 CEST 2008 - ro@suse.de
 
diff --git a/gpm.spec b/gpm.spec
index 1fc03ef..7c4fd93 100644
--- a/gpm.spec
+++ b/gpm.spec
@@ -26,8 +26,16 @@ Group:          System/Console
 Provides:       select
 PreReq:         /bin/sed %insserv_prereq %fillup_prereq
 AutoReqProv:    on
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      gpm-64bit
+%endif
+%ifarch  %ix86 ppc
+Obsoletes:      gpm-32bit
+%endif
+#
 Version:        1.20.1
-Release:        442
+Release:        451
 Summary:        Console Mouse Support
 Source0:        http://arcana.linux.it/pub/gpm/gpm-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        rcgpm
@@ -174,6 +182,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /var/adm/fillup-templates/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 24 2008 olh@suse.de
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
 * Fri Aug 22 2008 ro@suse.de
 - remove deprecated option from fillup_and_insserv
 * Mon Aug 11 2008 anosek@suse.cz
@@ -222,7 +232,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
   problems with configuration [#106700]
 * Sat Apr 09 2005 aj@suse.de
 - Fix build also on i386 with GCC 4.
-* Sun Mar 27 2005 aj@suse.de
+* Sat Mar 26 2005 aj@suse.de
 - Fix build with GCC 4.
 * Thu Mar 24 2005 uli@suse.de
 - fixed to build on ARM
@@ -288,7 +298,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
   in libgpm now, generally, no library should write messages on
   standart output or standart error output (it made problems
   with w3m for example)
-* Wed Jul 31 2002 ro@suse.de
+* Tue Jul 30 2002 ro@suse.de
 - also rename MOUSE to MOUSEDEVICE on update
 - added PreReqs
 * Tue Jul 30 2002 pmladek@suse.cz