diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 1e9f97a..bd0edac 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-libpst-0.6.37.tar.gz
+libpst-0.6.38.tar.gz
diff --git a/libpst.spec b/libpst.spec
index c4f39bc..f9862e1 100644
--- a/libpst.spec
+++ b/libpst.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary:            Utilities to convert Outlook .pst files to other formats
 Name:               libpst
-Version:            0.6.37
+Version:            0.6.38
 Release:            1%{?dist}
 License:            GPLv2+
 Group:              Applications/Productivity
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ BuildRoot:          %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXX
 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 boost-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 @@ The libpst-libs package contains the shared library used by the pst
 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
@@ -100,18 +116,25 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_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
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %{_libdir}/libpst.so
-%{_includedir}/%{name}-2/
+%{_includedir}/%{name}-4/
 %{_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 +148,14 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 21 2009 Carl Byington <carl@five-ten-sg.com> - 0.6.38-1
+- add python interface to the shared library.
+- bump soname to version 4 for many changes to the interface.
+- better decoding of recurrence data in appointments.
+- remove readpstlog since debug log files are now plain text.
+- add readpst -j option for parallel jobs for each folder.
+- make nested mime multipart/alternative to hold the text/html parts.
+
 * 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.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 337a2f4..adf7b32 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-bb53b2b379709ddf12e86670879e17e0  libpst-0.6.37.tar.gz
+f9600e18f0d90bcb5170c54507f07d6b  libpst-0.6.38.tar.gz