diff --git a/perl.changes b/perl.changes
index 5127571..e04c062 100644
--- a/perl.changes
+++ b/perl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan  7 12:34:56 CET 2009 - olh@suse.de
+
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 26 11:11:51 CET 2008 - mls@suse.de
 
diff --git a/perl.spec b/perl.spec
index bd67e19..d5cec5b 100644
--- a/perl.spec
+++ b/perl.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package perl (Version 5.10.0)
 #
-# 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
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Name:           perl
 Url:            http://www.perl.org/
 BuildRequires:  db-devel gdbm-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel
 Version:        5.10.0
-Release:        62
+Release:        63
 Summary:        The Perl interpreter
 License:        Artistic License; GPL v2 or later
 Group:          Development/Languages/Perl
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ License:        Artistic License; GPL v2 or later
 Group:          Development/Languages/Perl
 Summary:        The Perl interpreter
 Provides:       perl-Digest perl-Digest-MD5
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      perl-64bit
+%endif
+#
 
 %description base
 perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
@@ -347,6 +352,8 @@ EOF
 %doc /usr/lib/perl5/*/unicore/*.txt
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 07 2009 olh@suse.de
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
 * Wed Nov 26 2008 mls@suse.de
 - add perl-base to baselibs.conf [bnc#448884]
 - include everything arch dependand in baselibs packages