diff --git a/ncurses.changes b/ncurses.changes
index 5822f5a..0e07010 100644
--- a/ncurses.changes
+++ b/ncurses.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan  7 12:34:56 CET 2009 - olh@suse.de
+
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 14 18:59:42 CET 2008 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/ncurses.spec b/ncurses.spec
index 73e2034..a70b727 100644
--- a/ncurses.spec
+++ b/ncurses.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package ncurses (Version 5.6)
 #
-# 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
@@ -26,8 +26,13 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ gpm
 License:        X11/MIT
 Group:          System/Base
 AutoReqProv:    on
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      ncurses-64bit
+%endif
+#
 Version:        5.6
-Release:        89
+Release:        90
 Summary:        New curses Libraries
 Url:            http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.html
 Source0:        ncurses-5.6.tar.bz2
@@ -129,6 +134,11 @@ Provides:       ncurses = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      ncurses <= %{version}
 Recommends:     ncurses-utils = %{version}
 AutoReqProv:    on
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      ncurses-64bit
+%endif
+#
 
 %description -n libncurses5
 The ncurses library is used by the most curses based terminal
@@ -206,6 +216,11 @@ Requires:       libncurses6
 Requires:       libncurses5 libncurses6
 %endif
 AutoReqProv:    on
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      ncurses-devel-64bit
+%endif
+#
 
 %description -n ncurses-devel
 This package contains all necessary include files and libraries needed
@@ -639,6 +654,8 @@ ln -sf tack-* tack
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 07 2009 olh@suse.de
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
 * Fri Nov 14 2008 werner@suse.de
 - Do not free arrays and strings from static fallback entries (bnc#443683)
 * Thu Sep 04 2008 werner@suse.de