diff --git a/fribidi-0.10.4.tar.bz2 b/fribidi-0.10.4.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b0aa91..0000000
--- a/fribidi-0.10.4.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:f3ecdb9d108bd61ec9394df75f5fd68ba886a8da0863ba6258338893aec6c04f
-size 335733
diff --git a/fribidi-0.10.9.tar.bz2 b/fribidi-0.10.9.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e632e9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fribidi-0.10.9.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:f03ceafd9bb394c069cb793bd94dcc6e5d305def427d5f8c571a21b6b1be1849
+size 490864
diff --git a/fribidi.changes b/fribidi.changes
index 9b965b7..ca912cd 100644
--- a/fribidi.changes
+++ b/fribidi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan  6 05:22:51 CET 2008 - crrodriguez@suse.de
+
+- update to version 0.10.9
+  * Fixed type sizes when stdint.h is not available.
+  * Update to Unicode Character Database 5.0.0
+  * Fixed type sizes on 64-bit architectures. 
+- disable static libraries
+- remove libtool archive with empty dependency_libs
+- do not require gtk2-devel for build as it is unused
+- spec file cleanups
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 28 19:27:55 CET 2006 - mfabian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/fribidi.spec b/fribidi.spec
index 412a38b..5142760 100644
--- a/fribidi.spec
+++ b/fribidi.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
-# spec file for package fribidi (Version 0.10.4)
+# spec file for package fribidi (Version 0.10.9)
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2006 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 # This file and all modifications and additions to the pristine
 # package are under the same license as the package itself.
 #
@@ -11,15 +11,13 @@
 # norootforbuild
 
 Name:           fribidi
-BuildRequires:  gtk-devel
-%define prefix   /usr
-Version:        0.10.4
-Release:        491
+Version:        0.10.9
+Release:        1
 Summary:        Free Implementation of BiDi Algorithm
-License:        GPL
+License:        GPL v2 or later
 Group:          System/Libraries
-URL:            http://fribidi.sourceforge.net/
-Autoreqprov:    on
+Url:            http://fribidi.sourceforge.net/
+AutoReqProv:    on
 Provides:       locale(ar;he)
 Source:         fribidi-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -28,12 +26,12 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 This library implements the algorithm as described in the "Unicode
 Standard Annex #9, the Bidirectional Algorithm,
 http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr9/". FriBidi is exhaustively
-tested against Bidi Reference Code and, to the best of our knowledge,
-does not contain any conformance bugs.
+tested against the Bidi Reference Code and, to the best of the
+developers' knowledge, does notcontain any conformance bugs.
 
-In the API, we were inspired by the document "Bi-Di languages support -
-BiDi API proposal" by Franck Portaneri, which he wrote as a proposal
-for adding BiDi support to Mozilla.
+The API was inspired by the document "Bi-Di languages support - BiDi
+API proposal" by Franck Portaneri, which he wrote as a proposal for
+adding BiDi support to Mozilla.
 
 
 
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ Authors:
 Summary:        Static Libraries and Header Files for FriBiDi
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       %name = %version
- 
 
 %description devel
 This package provides the static libraries and header files for
@@ -58,45 +55,51 @@ Authors:
     Dov Grobgeld <dov@imagic.weizmann.ac.il>
 
 %prep
-%setup  -q
-%{?suse_update_config:%{suse_update_config}}
-rm -f acinclude.m4
-touch acinclude.m4
-autoreconf -i -f
+%setup -q
 
 %build
-CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing " ./configure --prefix=%{prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir}
-make
+autoreconf -i -f
+export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing" 
+%configure --disable-static --with-pic
+%{__make} %{?jobs:-j%jobs}
+
+%check
 make check
 
 %install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
-%post
-%run_ldconfig
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
-%postun
-%run_ldconfig
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc ANNOUNCE AUTHORS COPYING* ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README THANKS TODO tests run.tests
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING* ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README THANKS TODO tests run.tests
 %_bindir/fribidi
 %_libdir/libfribidi.so.*
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-, root, root)
 %_libdir/lib*.so
-%_libdir/lib*.*a
 %_libdir/pkgconfig/*.pc
 %_includedir/fribidi
 %_bindir/fribidi-config                
+%exclude %_libdir/lib*.la
 
-%changelog -n fribidi
+%changelog
+* Sun Jan 06 2008 - crrodriguez@suse.de
+- update to version 0.10.9
+  * Fixed type sizes when stdint.h is not available.
+  * Update to Unicode Character Database 5.0.0
+  * Fixed type sizes on 64-bit architectures.
+- disable static libraries
+- remove libtool archive with empty dependency_libs
+- do not require gtk2-devel for build as it is unused
+- spec file cleanups
 * Tue Feb 28 2006 - mfabian@suse.de
 - add "Provides: locale(ar,he)".
 * Wed Jan 25 2006 - mls@suse.de