--- a/libpst.spec.in	Mon Apr 20 19:39:26 2009 -0700
+++ b/libpst.spec.in	Wed Apr 22 13:52:18 2009 -0700
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@
 URL:                http://www.five-ten-sg.com/%{name}/
 Requires:           ImageMagick
 Requires:           %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
-BuildRequires:      ImageMagick freetype-devel gd-devel libjpeg-devel zlib-devel
+BuildRequires:      ImageMagick freetype-devel gd-devel libjpeg-devel zlib-devel python-devel
+
+
+%{!?python_sitelib:  %global python_sitelib  %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
+%{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
+
 
 %description
 The Libpst utilities include readpst which can convert email messages
@@ -28,6 +33,17 @@
 utilities.
 
 
+%package python
+Summary:            Python bindings for libpst
+Group:              Development/Libraries
+Requires:           python
+Requires:           %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description python
+The libpst-python package allows you to use the libpst shared object
+from python code.
+
+
 %package devel
 Summary:            Library links and header files for libpst application development
 Group:              Development/Libraries
@@ -100,9 +116,11 @@
 %{_libdir}/libpst.so.*
 
 
-%files devel-doc
+%files python
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}-%{version}/devel/
+%{python_sitearch}/_*.so
+%exclude %{python_sitearch}/*.a
+%exclude %{python_sitearch}/*.la
 
 
 %files devel
@@ -112,6 +130,11 @@
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libpst.pc
 
 
+%files devel-doc
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}-%{version}/devel/
+
+
 %files doc
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %dir %{_datadir}/doc/%{name}-%{version}/
@@ -125,6 +148,9 @@
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 20 2009 Carl Byington <carl@five-ten-sg.com> - 0.6.38-1
+- add python interface to the shared library
+
 * Fri Apr 17 2009 Carl Byington <carl@five-ten-sg.com> - 0.6.37-1
 - add pst_attach_to_mem() back into the shared library interface.
 - fix memory leak caught by valgrind.