diff --git a/libcap-ng-python.changes b/libcap-ng-python.changes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eba25d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcap-ng-python.changes
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 14 11:18:28 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- split out python packages now that libcap-ng is used in many 
+  low level tools it creates cycles
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May  6 17:55:55 UTC 2010 - pascal.bleser@opensuse.org
+
+- update to 0.6.4:
+  * the library now uses kernel thread ID for capget/set calls
+  * a display problem of filesystem based capabilities was fixed
+  * netcap now prints device name for packet socket apps
+
+- add baselibs.conf to build libcap-ng0-32bit
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 12 10:01:51 UTC 2010 - pascal.bleser@opensuse.org
+
+- update to 0.6.3:
+  * in netcap and pscap use the effective uid
+  * in capng_change_id, only retain setpcap if clearing the bounding set
+
+- add rpmlintrc to disable false positive warnings
+
+- symlink license files on openSUSE
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 10 16:02:51 UTC 2010 - prusnak@suse.cz
+
+- fixed Requires of python subpackage
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb 26 12:14:04 UTC 2010 - prusnak@suse.cz
+
+- imported package from Fedora (version 0.6.2)
+
diff --git a/libcap-ng-python.spec b/libcap-ng-python.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..574ea92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcap-ng-python.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+%{!?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))")}
+
+Summary:       An alternate POSIX capabilities library
+Name:         libcap-ng-python
+Version:       0.6.4
+%define soname 0
+%define rname libcap-ng
+Release:       0
+License:       LGPLv2+
+Group:         System/Libraries
+URL:           http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
+# http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:       libcap-ng-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source1:       pre_checkin.sh
+Source2:       baselibs.conf
+Source99:      libcap-ng.rpmlintrc
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+BuildRequires: kernel-headers >= 2.6.11
+BuildRequires: libattr-devel pkg-config
+
+%description
+Libcap-ng is a library that makes using posix capabilities easier
+
+%if "%{name}" == "%{rname}"
+%package -n %{name}%{soname}
+Summary:       An alternate POSIX capabilities library
+License:       LGPLv2+
+Group:         System/Libraries
+
+%description -n %{name}%{soname}
+Libcap-ng is a library that makes using posix capabilities easier
+
+%package devel
+Summary:       Header files for libcap-ng library
+License:       LGPLv2+
+Group:         Development/Libraries/C and C++
+Requires:      kernel-headers >= 2.6.11
+Requires:      %{name}%{soname} = %{version}
+Requires:      pkgconfig
+
+%description devel
+The libcap-ng-devel package contains the files needed for developing
+applications that need to use the libcap-ng library.
+
+%package utils
+Summary:       Utilities for analysing and setting file capabilities
+License:       GPLv2+
+Group:         System/Base
+
+%description utils
+The libcap-ng-utils package contains applications to analyse the
+posix capabilities of all the program running on a system. It also
+lets you set the file system based capabilities.
+
+%else
+%package -n python-capng
+Summary:       Python bindings for libcap-ng library
+License:       LGPLv2+
+Group:         Development/Libraries/Python
+BuildRequires: python-devel swig
+Requires:      %{name}%{soname} = %{version}
+%py_requires
+
+%description -n python-capng
+The libcap-ng-python package contains the bindings so that libcap-ng
+and can be used by python applications.
+
+%endif
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{rname}-%{version}
+
+%build
+%configure --libdir="/%{_lib}"
+%__make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+%install
+%__make DESTDIR="%{buildroot}" install
+
+# Move the symlink
+%__rm -f "%{buildroot}/%{_lib}/%{rname}.so"
+%__mkdir_p "%{buildroot}%{_libdir}"
+VLIBNAME=$(/bin/ls -1 "%{buildroot}/%{_lib}/%{rname}.so".*.*.*)
+[ -n "$VLIBNAME" ] || { echo "ERROR: failed to find %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/%{rname}.so.*.*.*" >&2; exit 1; }
+LIBNAME=$(basename "$VLIBNAME")
+%__ln_s "../../%{_lib}/$LIBNAME" "%{buildroot}%{_libdir}/%{rname}.so"
+
+# Move the pkgconfig file
+%__install -d "%{buildroot}%{_libdir}"
+%__mv "%{buildroot}/%{_lib}/pkgconfig" "%{buildroot}%{_libdir}/pkgconfig"
+
+# Remove a couple things so they don't get picked up
+%__rm -f "%{buildroot}/%{_lib}/%{rname}".{a,la}
+%__rm -f "%{buildroot}%{python_sitearch}/_capng".{a,la}
+
+%if "%{name}" == "%{rname}-python"
+%__rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/lib*.so*
+%__rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/lib*.so*
+%__rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/pkgconfig
+%__rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}
+%__rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}
+%__rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_includedir}
+%__rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/aclocal
+%endif
+
+%clean
+%{?buildroot:%__rm -rf "%{buildroot}"}
+
+%if "%{name}" == "%{rname}"
+%post -n %{name}%{soname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%postun -n %{name}%{soname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files -n %{name}%{soname}
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc COPYING.LIB
+%attr(0755,root,root) /%{_lib}/%{rname}.so.%{soname}
+%attr(0755,root,root) /%{_lib}/%{rname}.so.%{soname}.*
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man3/*.3%{ext_man}
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_includedir}/cap-ng.h
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_libdir}/%{rname}.so
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_datadir}/aclocal/cap-ng.m4
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{rname}.pc
+
+%files utils
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc COPYING
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/captest
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/filecap
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/netcap
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/pscap
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man8/*.8%{ext_man}
+
+%else
+%files -n python-capng
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%attr(755,root,root) %{python_sitearch}/_capng.so
+%{python_sitearch}/capng.py*
+
+%endif
+
+%changelog
diff --git a/libcap-ng.changes b/libcap-ng.changes
index 63b2159..eba25d6 100644
--- a/libcap-ng.changes
+++ b/libcap-ng.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 14 11:18:28 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- split out python packages now that libcap-ng is used in many 
+  low level tools it creates cycles
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May  6 17:55:55 UTC 2010 - pascal.bleser@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/libcap-ng.spec b/libcap-ng.spec
index e5d6c60..3b1d4df 100644
--- a/libcap-ng.spec
+++ b/libcap-ng.spec
@@ -1,87 +1,75 @@
-#
-# spec file for package libcap-ng (Version 0.6.4)
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2010 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
-#
-# All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
-# remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
-# upon. The license for this file, and modifications and additions to the
-# file, is the same license as for the pristine package itself (unless the
-# license for the pristine package is not an Open Source License, in which
-# case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a
-# license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
-# published by the Open Source Initiative.
-
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
-#
-
-
 %{!?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))")}
 
-Summary:        An alternate POSIX capabilities library
-
-Name:           libcap-ng
-Version:        0.6.4
-Release:        1
+Summary:       An alternate POSIX capabilities library
+Name:          libcap-ng
+Version:       0.6.4
 %define soname 0
-License:        LGPLv2+
-Group:          System Environment/Libraries
-Url:            http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
+%define rname libcap-ng
+Release:       0
+License:       LGPLv2+
+Group:         System/Libraries
+URL:           http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
 # http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-%{version}.tar.gz
-Source0:        libcap-ng-%{version}.tar.bz2
-Source99:       libcap-ng.rpmlintrc
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-BuildRequires:  kernel-headers >= 2.6.11
-BuildRequires:  libattr-devel
+Source0:       libcap-ng-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source1:       pre_checkin.sh
+Source2:       baselibs.conf
+Source99:      libcap-ng.rpmlintrc
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+BuildRequires: kernel-headers >= 2.6.11
+BuildRequires: libattr-devel pkg-config python-base
 
 %description
 Libcap-ng is a library that makes using posix capabilities easier
 
+%if "%{name}" == "%{rname}"
 %package -n %{name}%{soname}
-
-Summary:        An alternate POSIX capabilities library
-License:        LGPLv2+
-Group:          System Environment/Libraries
+Summary:       An alternate POSIX capabilities library
+License:       LGPLv2+
+Group:         System/Libraries
 
 %description -n %{name}%{soname}
 Libcap-ng is a library that makes using posix capabilities easier
 
 %package devel
-Summary:        Header files for libcap-ng library
-License:        LGPLv2+
-Group:          Development/Libraries
-Requires:       kernel-headers >= 2.6.11
-Requires:       %{name}%{soname} = %{version}
-Requires:       pkgconfig
+Summary:       Header files for libcap-ng library
+License:       LGPLv2+
+Group:         Development/Libraries/C and C++
+Requires:      kernel-headers >= 2.6.11
+Requires:      %{name}%{soname} = %{version}
+Requires:      pkgconfig
 
 %description devel
 The libcap-ng-devel package contains the files needed for developing
 applications that need to use the libcap-ng library.
 
-%package -n python-capng
-Summary:        Python bindings for libcap-ng library
-License:        LGPLv2+
-Group:          Development/Libraries
-BuildRequires:  python-devel swig
-Requires:       %{name}%{soname} = %{version}
-
-%description -n python-capng
-The libcap-ng-python package contains the bindings so that libcap-ng
-and can be used by python applications.
-
 %package utils
-Summary:        Utilities for analysing and setting file capabilities
-License:        GPLv2+
-Group:          Development/Libraries
+Summary:       Utilities for analysing and setting file capabilities
+License:       GPLv2+
+Group:         System/Base
 
 %description utils
 The libcap-ng-utils package contains applications to analyse the
 posix capabilities of all the program running on a system. It also
 lets you set the file system based capabilities.
 
+%else
+%package -n python-capng
+Summary:       Python bindings for libcap-ng library
+License:       LGPLv2+
+Group:         Development/Libraries/Python
+BuildRequires: python-devel swig
+Requires:      %{name}%{soname} = %{version}
+%py_requires
+
+%description -n python-capng
+The libcap-ng-python package contains the bindings so that libcap-ng
+and can be used by python applications.
+
+%endif
+
 %prep
-%setup -q
+%setup -q -n %{rname}-%{version}
 
 %build
 %configure --libdir="/%{_lib}"
@@ -91,24 +79,35 @@ lets you set the file system based capabilities.
 %__make DESTDIR="%{buildroot}" install
 
 # Move the symlink
-%__rm -f "%{buildroot}/%{_lib}/%{name}.so"
+%__rm -f "%{buildroot}/%{_lib}/%{rname}.so"
 %__mkdir_p "%{buildroot}%{_libdir}"
-VLIBNAME=$(/bin/ls -1 "%{buildroot}/%{_lib}/%{name}.so".*.*.*)
-[ -n "$VLIBNAME" ] || { echo "ERROR: failed to find %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/%{name}.so.*.*.*" >&2; exit 1; }
+VLIBNAME=$(/bin/ls -1 "%{buildroot}/%{_lib}/%{rname}.so".*.*.*)
+[ -n "$VLIBNAME" ] || { echo "ERROR: failed to find %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/%{rname}.so.*.*.*" >&2; exit 1; }
 LIBNAME=$(basename "$VLIBNAME")
-%__ln_s "../../%{_lib}/$LIBNAME" "%{buildroot}%{_libdir}/%{name}.so"
+%__ln_s "../../%{_lib}/$LIBNAME" "%{buildroot}%{_libdir}/%{rname}.so"
 
 # Move the pkgconfig file
 %__install -d "%{buildroot}%{_libdir}"
 %__mv "%{buildroot}/%{_lib}/pkgconfig" "%{buildroot}%{_libdir}/pkgconfig"
 
 # Remove a couple things so they don't get picked up
-%__rm -f "%{buildroot}/%{_lib}/libcap-ng".{a,la}
+%__rm -f "%{buildroot}/%{_lib}/%{rname}".{a,la}
 %__rm -f "%{buildroot}%{python_sitearch}/_capng".{a,la}
 
+%if "%{name}" == "%{rname}-python"
+%__rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/lib*.so*
+%__rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/lib*.so*
+%__rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/pkgconfig
+%__rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}
+%__rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}
+%__rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_includedir}
+%__rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/aclocal
+%endif
+
 %clean
 %{?buildroot:%__rm -rf "%{buildroot}"}
 
+%if "%{name}" == "%{rname}"
 %post -n %{name}%{soname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -n %{name}%{soname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -116,21 +115,16 @@ LIBNAME=$(basename "$VLIBNAME")
 %files -n %{name}%{soname}
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc COPYING.LIB
-%attr(0755,root,root) /%{_lib}/libcap-ng.so.%{soname}
-%attr(0755,root,root) /%{_lib}/libcap-ng.so.%{soname}.*
+%attr(0755,root,root) /%{_lib}/%{rname}.so.%{soname}
+%attr(0755,root,root) /%{_lib}/%{rname}.so.%{soname}.*
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man3/*.3%{ext_man}
 %attr(0644,root,root) %{_includedir}/cap-ng.h
-%attr(0755,root,root) %{_libdir}/libcap-ng.so
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_libdir}/%{rname}.so
 %attr(0644,root,root) %{_datadir}/aclocal/cap-ng.m4
-%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libcap-ng.pc
-
-%files -n python-capng
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%attr(755,root,root) %{python_sitearch}/_capng.so
-%{python_sitearch}/capng.py*
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{rname}.pc
 
 %files utils
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
@@ -141,4 +135,12 @@ LIBNAME=$(basename "$VLIBNAME")
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/pscap
 %attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man8/*.8%{ext_man}
 
+%else
+%files -n python-capng
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%attr(755,root,root) %{python_sitearch}/_capng.so
+%{python_sitearch}/capng.py*
+
+%endif
+
 %changelog
diff --git a/pre_checkin.sh b/pre_checkin.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4440557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre_checkin.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo -n "Generating python spec "
+
+cp libcap-ng.spec libcap-ng-python.spec
+cp libcap-ng.changes libcap-ng-python.changes
+
+perl -pi -e "s/^Name:.*libcap-ng$/Name:         libcap-ng-python/"  libcap-ng-python.spec
+
+echo "Done."
+