diff --git a/gnutls.changes b/gnutls.changes
index 2fc60c0..abb5beb 100644
--- a/gnutls.changes
+++ b/gnutls.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 30 12:34:56 CET 2008 - olh@suse.de
+
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Aug  2 10:28:21 CEST 2008 - meissner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/gnutls.spec b/gnutls.spec
index 0118cb0..8c4ffdd 100644
--- a/gnutls.spec
+++ b/gnutls.spec
@@ -2,9 +2,16 @@
 # spec file for package gnutls (Version 2.4.1)
 #
 # 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/
 #
 
@@ -14,7 +21,7 @@
 Name:           gnutls
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ libgcrypt-devel libopencdk-devel
 Version:        2.4.1
-Release:        5
+Release:        22
 License:        GPL v3 or later; LGPL v2.1 or later
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Url:            http://www.gnutls.org/
@@ -23,6 +30,14 @@ Patch1:         gnutls-2.4.1-disable_cxx.patch
 Summary:        The GNU Transport Layer Security Library
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Security
 AutoReqProv:    on
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      gnutls-64bit
+%endif
+%ifarch  %ix86 ppc
+Obsoletes:      gnutls-32bit
+%endif
+#
 
 %description
 The GnuTLS project aims to develop a library that provides a secure
@@ -103,6 +118,14 @@ Requires:       libgnutls-extra26 = %version libgnutls-devel
 # gnutls-devel last used in 10.3
 Obsoletes:      gnutls-devel < %version
 Provides:       gnutls-devel = %version
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      gnutls-devel-64bit
+%endif
+%ifarch  %ix86 ppc
+Obsoletes:      gnutls-devel-32bit
+%endif
+#
 
 %description -n libgnutls-extra-devel
 The GnuTLS project aims to develop a library that provides a secure
@@ -207,6 +230,8 @@ rm -rf %buildroot
 %_libdir/pkgconfig/gnutls-extra.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 30 2008 olh@suse.de
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
 * Sat Aug 02 2008 meissner@suse.de
 - run testsuite
 * Thu Jul 17 2008 mkoenig@suse.de