To update python binding: 1) $ make distclean $ python /usr/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/h2def.py libempathy/*.h > python/pyempathy/pyempathy.defs $ python /usr/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/h2def.py libempathy-gtk/*.h > python/pyempathygtk/pyempathygtk.defs 2) Apply pyempathy.patch and pyempathygtk.patch 3) Manually update headers in pyempathy.override and pyempathygtk.override.