diff --git a/netcdf-3.6.2-gcc43.patch b/netcdf-3.6.2-gcc43.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bdd8f5d..0000000
--- a/netcdf-3.6.2-gcc43.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
---- netcdf-3.6.2/cxx/ncvalues.cpp.gcc43	2006-12-29 09:38:56.000000000 -0700
-+++ netcdf-3.6.2/cxx/ncvalues.cpp	2008-04-02 13:45:39.000000000 -0600
-@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
- 
- #include <config.h>
- #include <iostream>
--#include <string>
-+#include <cstring>
- 
- #include "ncvalues.h"
- 
---- netcdf-3.6.2/examples/CXX/sfc_pres_temp_rd.cpp.gcc43	2007-01-19 05:52:13.000000000 -0700
-+++ netcdf-3.6.2/examples/CXX/sfc_pres_temp_rd.cpp	2008-04-02 13:46:08.000000000 -0600
-@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
- 
- #include <iostream>
- #include <netcdfcpp.h>
-+#include <cstring>
- 
- using namespace std;
- 
diff --git a/netcdf.spec b/netcdf.spec
index 9067676..afadb1f 100644
--- a/netcdf.spec
+++ b/netcdf.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           netcdf
 Version:        4.0.0
-Release:        0.3.beta2%{?dist}
+Release:        0.4.beta2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Libraries for the Unidata network Common Data Form
 
 Group:          Applications/Engineering
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc-gfortran, gawk
 BuildRequires:  hdf5-devel
-ExcludeArch:    ppc64
 
 %package devel
 Summary:        Development files for netcdf
@@ -143,6 +142,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 15 2008 Balint Cristian <rezso@rdsor.ro> - 4.0.0-0.4.beta2
+- re-enable ppc64 since hdf5 is now present for ppc64
+
 * Thu May  8 2008 Ed Hill <ed@eh3.com> - 4.0.0-0.3.beta2
 - make package compliant with bz # 373861