diff --git a/libassuan-1.0.4-multilib.patch b/libassuan-1.0.4-multilib.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ade7436..0000000
--- a/libassuan-1.0.4-multilib.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-diff -up libassuan-1.0.4/src/libassuan-config.in.multilib libassuan-1.0.4/src/libassuan-config.in
---- libassuan-1.0.4/src/libassuan-config.in.multilib	2006-10-09 05:41:47.000000000 -0500
-+++ libassuan-1.0.4/src/libassuan-config.in	2008-04-03 11:29:37.000000000 -0500
-@@ -132,13 +132,5 @@ if test "$echo_cflags" = "yes"; then
- fi
- 
- if test "$echo_libs" = "yes"; then
--    if test "@libdir@" != "/usr/lib" ; then
--      libdirs="-L@libdir@"
--      for i in $lib $extralibs ; do
--	if test "$i" = "-L@libdir@" ; then
--	  libdirs=""
--	fi
--      done
--    fi
-     echo $libdirs $lib${thread_module} $extralibs
- fi
diff --git a/libassuan-1.0.5-multilib.patch b/libassuan-1.0.5-multilib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45f9a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libassuan-1.0.5-multilib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up libassuan-1.0.5/src/libassuan-config.in.multilib libassuan-1.0.5/src/libassuan-config.in
+--- libassuan-1.0.5/src/libassuan-config.in.multilib	2006-10-09 05:41:47.000000000 -0500
++++ libassuan-1.0.5/src/libassuan-config.in	2009-12-17 07:11:30.688919319 -0600
+@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ if test "$echo_cflags" = "yes"; then
+ fi
+ 
+ if test "$echo_libs" = "yes"; then
+-    if test "@libdir@" != "/usr/lib" ; then
++    if test "@libdir@" != "/usr/lib" -a "@libdir@" != "/usr/lib32" -a "@libdir@" != "/usr/lib64" ; then
+       libdirs="-L@libdir@"
+       for i in $lib $extralibs ; do
+ 	if test "$i" = "-L@libdir@" ; then
diff --git a/libassuan.spec b/libassuan.spec
index 6b12721..28c7224 100644
--- a/libassuan.spec
+++ b/libassuan.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Name:    libassuan
 Summary: GnuPG IPC library
 Version: 1.0.5
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 
 # The library is LGPLv2+, the documentation GPLv3+
 License: LGPLv2+ and GPLv3+
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ URL:     http://www.gnupg.org/
 Group:   System Environment/Libraries
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
-Patch1:  libassuan-1.0.4-multilib.patch
+Patch1:  libassuan-1.0.5-multilib.patch
 
 # -debuginfo useless for (only) static libs
 %define debug_package   %{nil}
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Group: Development/Libraries
 Requires: pth-devel
 Requires(post): /sbin/install-info
 Requires(preun): /sbin/install-info
-Obsoletes: %{name}-static < %{version}-%{release}
-Provides:  %{name}-static = %{version}-%{release}
+Obsoletes: libassuan-static < 1.0.3 
+Provides:  libassuan-static = %{version}-%{release}
 %description devel 
 This is the IPC static library used by GnuPG 2, GPGME and a few other
 packages.
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec 17 2009 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.5-4
+- better versioning for Obsoletes
+- better (upstreamable) multilib patch
+
 * Thu Dec 17 2009 Tomas Mraz <tmraz@redhat.com> - 1.0.5-3
 - Fix license tag - the documentation is GPLv3+