diff --git a/attr.changes b/attr.changes
index 0dc037b..f6c3a84 100644
--- a/attr.changes
+++ b/attr.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 30 12:34:56 CET 2008 - olh@suse.de
+
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr 10 12:54:45 CEST 2008 - ro@suse.de
 
diff --git a/attr.spec b/attr.spec
index 87bf537..e16c95f 100644
--- a/attr.spec
+++ b/attr.spec
@@ -2,9 +2,16 @@
 # spec file for package attr (Version 2.4.39)
 #
 # 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.
 #
+# 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/
 #
 
@@ -16,7 +23,7 @@ Group:          System/Filesystems
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Summary:        Commands for Manipulating Extended Attributes
 Version:        2.4.39
-Release:        31
+Release:        65
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.src.tar.bz2
 Source1:        xattr.conf
 Patch0:         builddefs.in.diff
@@ -45,6 +52,14 @@ Authors:
 License:        GPL v2 or later; LGPL v2.1 or later
 Summary:        A dynamic library for filesystem extended attribute support
 AutoReqProv:    on
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      libattr-64bit
+%endif
+%ifarch  %ix86 ppc
+Obsoletes:      libattr-32bit
+%endif
+#
 Group:          System/Libraries
 
 %description -n libattr
@@ -65,6 +80,14 @@ AutoReqProv:    on
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Provides:       attr-devel
 Obsoletes:      attr-devel
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      libattr-devel-64bit
+%endif
+%ifarch  %ix86 ppc
+Obsoletes:      libattr-devel-32bit
+%endif
+#
 Requires:       libattr = %{version}
 
 %description -n libattr-devel
@@ -169,6 +192,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %config %{_sysconfdir}/xattr.conf
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 30 2008 olh@suse.de
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
 * Thu Apr 10 2008 ro@suse.de
 - added baselibs.conf file to build xxbit packages
   for multilib support
@@ -299,5 +324,5 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
   pkg_lib_dir on architectures with lib and lib64
 * Wed Apr 24 2002 mls@suse.de
 - support for mips architecture
-* Tue Feb 26 2002 ro@suse.de
+* Mon Feb 25 2002 ro@suse.de
 - initial package (split from xfstools spec)