diff --git a/postgresql-pl.spec b/postgresql-pl.spec
index a16c030..fadb0fe 100644
--- a/postgresql-pl.spec
+++ b/postgresql-pl.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package postgresql-pl (Version 8.3.5)
 #
-# 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
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-devel tcl-devel
 Summary:        The PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, and PL/Python Procedural Languages for PostgreSQL
 Version:        8.3.5
-Release:        1
+Release:        2
 %define pg_minor_version %(echo %version | cut -f1-2 -d.)
 License:        BSD 3-Clause
 Group:          Productivity/Databases/Servers
diff --git a/postgresql.changes b/postgresql.changes
index 8bf4937..17314b3 100644
--- a/postgresql.changes
+++ b/postgresql.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan  7 12:34:56 CET 2009 - olh@suse.de
+
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov  5 16:07:45 CET 2008 - max@suse.de
 
diff --git a/postgresql.spec b/postgresql.spec
index 969e8cd..07acd2f 100644
--- a/postgresql.spec
+++ b/postgresql.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package postgresql (Version 8.3.5)
 #
-# 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
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ BuildRequires:  openldap2-devel openssl-devel pam-devel readline-devel zlib-deve
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 Summary:        Basic Clients and Utilities for PostgreSQL
 Version:        8.3.5
-Release:        1
+Release:        2
 %define pg_minor_version %(echo %version | cut -f1-2 -d.)
 License:        BSD 3-Clause
 Group:          Productivity/Databases/Tools
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ Authors:
 License:        BSD 3-Clause
 Summary:        Shared Libraries Required for PostgreSQL Clients
 Group:          Productivity/Databases/Clients
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      postgresql-libs-64bit
+%endif
+#
 Provides:       postgresql-libs = %pg_minor_version
 PreReq:         sh-utils fileutils
 
@@ -451,6 +456,8 @@ rm -f %my_provides
 %doc %_mandir/man1/pg_config.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 07 2009 olh@suse.de
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
 * Wed Nov 05 2008 max@suse.de
 - Bugfix release: 8.3.5
   * Fix GiST index corruption due to marking the wrong index