OpenCV 2.4.1 has a bug on the pkg-config files

[andre.dos.anjos@…]

Please note the following bug:

​http://code.opencv.org/issues/1925

Affects the currently installed version of OpenCV (2.4.1) on MacPorts. Needs addressing or a new release.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I updated opencv to 2.4.2 in r95104. Did that help?

[andre.dos.anjos@…]

Unfortunately not. Despite the fact they already have a fix for this, they are waiting for ​http://code.opencv.org/issues/1928 to be fixed before issue 1925 is treated.

As far as I can see, there is no fix for OpenCV bug 1928, despite the high priority. I'm afraid we are stuck with a broken package for the next weeks.

For the time begin, the option is to use CMake instead of pkg-config for building, if it is cheap enough for you to convert your build system. Otherwise, one has to revert to an older version hoping not too many packages depend on the new version.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

opencv already uses cmake to configure itself. If you mean that other software that uses opencv should switch to using cmake, then that is up to each such individual port to do.

[chrstphrchvz (Christopher Chavez)]

opencv has since been updated to 3.4.8. The upstream tickets were transferred to GitHub and closed, believing the issue is gone or irrelevant: ​https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/4359 ​https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/4360 . Can this ticket now be closed?

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Replying to chrstphrchvz:

opencv has since been updated to 3.4.8. The upstream tickets were transferred to GitHub and closed, believing the issue is gone or irrelevant: ​https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/4359 ​https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/4360 . Can this ticket now be closed?

Yes, let's close this issue.

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

This ticket is no longer relevant, as we don't have an OpenCV 2 port. Can someone close?