3 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/desktop/i3/README b/desktop/i3/README
index 8d3f152edd..5184bc8fbf 100644
--- a/desktop/i3/README
+++ b/desktop/i3/README
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ Please be aware that i3 is primarily targeted at advanced users and
 developers.
 
 i3status is optional, but useful to provide a system status
-bar.
+bar. As of v4.8 there are 3 new optional dependencies:
+perl-JSON-XS, perl-AnyEvent-Handle, perl-AnyEvent-I3. They are required
+for i3's new layout saving/restoring features.
diff --git a/desktop/i3/i3.SlackBuild b/desktop/i3/i3.SlackBuild
index b469c49e05..8c6c44b1d6 100644
--- a/desktop/i3/i3.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/i3/i3.SlackBuild
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # Cleaning up docs by ponce
 
 PRGNAM=i3
-VERSION=${VERSION:-4.7.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-4.8}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
   -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
- -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 # V=1 make build verbose
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" make V=1
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
-find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
 # Don't clobber the default config
diff --git a/desktop/i3/i3.info b/desktop/i3/i3.info
index c5e34a0bd0..b1ad3ce8a1 100644
--- a/desktop/i3/i3.info
+++ b/desktop/i3/i3.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="i3"
-VERSION="4.7.2"
+VERSION="4.8"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.i3wm.org"
-DOWNLOAD="http://i3wm.org/downloads/i3-4.7.2.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="64141f7c23f97cd1e52c52918476c1c8"
+DOWNLOAD="http://i3wm.org/downloads/i3-4.8.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="4151e8e81fdc78b32a7cb953f67e3bef"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="dmenu libev yajl"