4 files changed, 45 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/libraries/opencv/README b/libraries/opencv/README
index 1913f0d71b..a50275f6b0 100644
--- a/libraries/opencv/README
+++ b/libraries/opencv/README
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@ OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision)
 OpenCV is a library of programming functions mainly
 aimed at real-time computer vision.
 
-numpy (for the python bindings) and ffmpeg are optional dependencies.
-
-*NOTE*
-If compiling with ffmpeg you must use 0.8.7 or newer.
+numpy (for the python bindings), ffmpeg and qt5 are
+optional dependencies.
diff --git a/libraries/opencv/opencv-2.4.7-pkgconfig.patch b/libraries/opencv/opencv-2.4.7-pkgconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5626eb6e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/opencv/opencv-2.4.7-pkgconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff -baur opencv-2.4.7.orig/cmake/OpenCVGenPkgconfig.cmake opencv-2.4.7/cmake/OpenCVGenPkgconfig.cmake
+--- opencv-2.4.7.orig/cmake/OpenCVGenPkgconfig.cmake	2013-11-12 20:31:27.253763202 +0000
++++ opencv-2.4.7/cmake/OpenCVGenPkgconfig.cmake	2013-11-12 20:41:48.936262732 +0000
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
+ # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ set(prefix      "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+ set(exec_prefix "\${prefix}")
+-set(libdir      "") #TODO: need link paths for OpenCV_EXTRA_COMPONENTS
++set(libdir      "\${prefix}/${OPENCV_LIB_INSTALL_PATH}")
+ set(includedir  "\${prefix}/${OPENCV_INCLUDE_INSTALL_PATH}")
+ 
+ if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "Release")
+@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@
+ ocv_list_reverse(OpenCV_EXTRA_COMPONENTS)
+ 
+ #build the list of components
+-set(OpenCV_LIB_COMPONENTS_ "")
++set(OpenCV_LIB_COMPONENTS_ "-L\${libdir}")
+ foreach(CVLib ${OpenCV_LIB_COMPONENTS})
+   get_target_property(libpath ${CVLib} LOCATION_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
+   get_filename_component(libname "${libpath}" NAME)
++  get_filename_component(lname "${libpath}" NAME_WE)
+ 
+   if(INSTALL_TO_MANGLED_PATHS)
+     set(libname "${libname}.${OPENCV_VERSION}")
+@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@
+     set(installDir "${OPENCV_LIB_INSTALL_PATH}")
+   endif()
+ 
+-  set(OpenCV_LIB_COMPONENTS_ "${OpenCV_LIB_COMPONENTS_} \${exec_prefix}/${installDir}/${libname}")
++  string(REPLACE "libopencv" "-lopencv" lname "${lname}")
++  set(OpenCV_LIB_COMPONENTS_ "${OpenCV_LIB_COMPONENTS_} ${lname}")
+ endforeach()
+ 
+ # add extra dependencies required for OpenCV
diff --git a/libraries/opencv/opencv.SlackBuild b/libraries/opencv/opencv.SlackBuild
index c1bfaf50d4..525dd6f62a 100644
--- a/libraries/opencv/opencv.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/opencv/opencv.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=opencv
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.4.7}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.4.8}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz || tar xvf $CWD/$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ find -L . \
 # http://code.opencv.org/issues/2512
 patch -p1 < $CWD/opencv-2.4.7-fsh.patch
 
+# https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853036
+patch -p1 < $CWD/opencv-2.4.7-pkgconfig.patch
+
 mkdir -p build
 cd build
   cmake \
diff --git a/libraries/opencv/opencv.info b/libraries/opencv/opencv.info
index 8df1513a77..1249a721c7 100644
--- a/libraries/opencv/opencv.info
+++ b/libraries/opencv/opencv.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="opencv"
-VERSION="2.4.7"
+VERSION="2.4.8"
 HOMEPAGE="http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/opencvlibrary/opencv-2.4.7.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="33a12a8bba6e6dc32c97298c99b083b2"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/Itseez/opencv/archive/2.4.8.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="9b8f1426bc01a1ae1e8b3bce11dc1e1c"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""