diff --git a/strace.changes b/strace.changes
index d1a3fdf..c37d98a 100644
--- a/strace.changes
+++ b/strace.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 10 12:34:56 CET 2008 - olh@suse.de
+
+- use Obsoletes: -XXbit only for ppc64 to help solver during distupgrade
+  (bnc#437293)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 11 10:14:53 CET 2008 - schwab@suse.de
 
diff --git a/strace.spec b/strace.spec
index 75edc42..febb99a 100644
--- a/strace.spec
+++ b/strace.spec
@@ -26,12 +26,9 @@ AutoReqProv:    on
 %ifarch ppc64
 Obsoletes:      strace-64bit
 %endif
-%ifarch  %ix86 ppc
-Obsoletes:      strace-32bit
-%endif
 #
 Version:        4.5.18
-Release:        8
+Release:        9
 Summary:        A utility to trace the system calls of a program
 Source:         http://dl.sourceforge.net/strace/strace-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch:          strace-%{version}.diff
@@ -79,6 +76,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc %{_mandir}/man1/strace.1.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 10 2008 olh@suse.de
+- use Obsoletes: -XXbit only for ppc64 to help solver during distupgrade
+  (bnc#437293)
 * Tue Nov 11 2008 schwab@suse.de
 - Fix corner cases in printstr and printpathn.
 * Thu Oct 30 2008 olh@suse.de