diff --git a/pcre.changes b/pcre.changes
index b6f703e..b387a5e 100644
--- a/pcre.changes
+++ b/pcre.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan  7 12:34:56 CET 2009 - olh@suse.de
+
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 12 01:51:31 CEST 2008 - crrodriguez@suse.de
 
diff --git a/pcre.spec b/pcre.spec
index 31f655c..e4d8c49 100644
--- a/pcre.spec
+++ b/pcre.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package pcre (Version 7.8)
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2009 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
@@ -21,11 +21,16 @@
 Name:           pcre
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 Version:        7.8
-Release:        1
+Release:        4
 Summary:        A library for Perl-compatible regular expressions
 License:        BSD 3-Clause; Other uncritical OpenSource License
 Group:          System/Libraries
 AutoReqProv:    on
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      pcre-64bit
+%endif
+#
 Url:            ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/
 Source:         %name-%version.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -47,6 +52,11 @@ License:        BSD 3-Clause; Other uncritical OpenSource License
 Summary:        A library for Perl-compatible regular expressions
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version} libstdc++-devel
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      pcre-devel-64bit
+%endif
+#
 
 %description devel
 The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular
@@ -114,6 +124,8 @@ make test
 %{_mandir}/man3/*.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 07 2009 olh@suse.de
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
 * Fri Sep 12 2008 crrodriguez@suse.de
 - update to PCRE 7.8
   * More bug fixes, plus a performance improvement
@@ -459,7 +471,7 @@ make test
 - update to latest version v6.1
 * Mon Jun 13 2005 mmj@suse.de
 - add gcc-c++ to #nfb as well
-* Thu Jun 09 2005 mmj@suse.de
+* Wed Jun 08 2005 mmj@suse.de
 - update to latest version v6.0
 * Mon May 23 2005 mmj@suse.de
 - use --enable-utf8
@@ -494,7 +506,7 @@ make test
 - added BuildRoot
 * Tue Aug 21 2001 mge@suse.de
 - pcre 3.5
-* Thu Apr 12 2001 froh@suse.de
+* Wed Apr 11 2001 froh@suse.de
 - suse_update_config
 * Mon Dec 04 2000 mge@suse.de
 - pcre 3.4
@@ -505,5 +517,5 @@ make test
 * Sun Feb 13 2000 mge@suse.de
 - update to 3.1
 - group tag
-* Tue Oct 26 1999 mge@suse.de
+* Mon Oct 25 1999 mge@suse.de
 - initial SuSE-RPM: changed Makefile to install into /usr