diff --git a/sysfsutils.changes b/sysfsutils.changes
index 8798f37..38b4dfd 100644
--- a/sysfsutils.changes
+++ b/sysfsutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan  7 12:34:56 CET 2009 - olh@suse.de
+
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 27 10:52:51 CEST 2008 - hare@suse.de
 
diff --git a/sysfsutils.spec b/sysfsutils.spec
index fb7bb42..9b78cbe 100644
--- a/sysfsutils.spec
+++ b/sysfsutils.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 #
 # spec file for package sysfsutils (Version 2.1.0)
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
-# This file and all modifications and additions to the pristine
-# package are under the same license as the package itself.
+# 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
+# upon. The license for this file, and modifications and additions to the
+# file, is the same license as for the pristine package itself (unless the
+# license for the pristine package is not an Open Source License, in which
+# case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a
+# license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
+# published by the Open Source Initiative.
+
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
@@ -14,12 +21,17 @@
 Name:           sysfsutils
 Summary:        System Utilities Package / Libsysfs
 Version:        2.1.0
-Release:        101
+Release:        127
 License:        LGPL v2.1 or later
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Url:            http://linux-diag.sourceforge.net
 Source:         http://aleron.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/linux-diag/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Provides:       libsysfs
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      sysfsutils-64bit
+%endif
+#
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -85,6 +97,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/libsysfs.so
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 07 2009 olh@suse.de
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
 * Tue May 27 2008 hare@suse.de
 - Include systool binary (bnc#391754)
 * Thu Apr 10 2008 ro@suse.de