diff --git a/pcre-7.2.assert_fix.patch b/pcre-7.2.assert_fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ecb0bf..0000000
--- a/pcre-7.2.assert_fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: pcre-7.1/pcrecpp.cc
-===================================================================
---- pcre-7.1.orig/pcrecpp.cc
-+++ pcre-7.1/pcrecpp.cc
-@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static int NewlineMode(int pcre_options)
-     else if (newline == 3338)
-       newline_mode = PCRE_NEWLINE_CRLF;
-     else
--      assert("" == "Unexpected return value from pcre_config(NEWLINE)");
-+      assert("Unexpected return value from pcre_config(NEWLINE)");
-   }
-   return newline_mode;
- }
diff --git a/pcre-7.6.tar.bz2 b/pcre-7.6.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 94be82a..0000000
--- a/pcre-7.6.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:362e4b4473f2f7a3bfa28ea73e80ec00a2fe525a1aceb5f66e1c528a900bd735
-size 802829
diff --git a/pcre-7.8.tar.bz2 b/pcre-7.8.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09cad82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pcre-7.8.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:8540569bf8d0a6d24c098fd9a876cf167134d985d22418fefa24f4524b3f7b7b
+size 840925
diff --git a/pcre.changes b/pcre.changes
index f0048e4..b6f703e 100644
--- a/pcre.changes
+++ b/pcre.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 12 01:51:31 CEST 2008 - crrodriguez@suse.de
+
+- update to PCRE 7.8
+	* More bug fixes, plus a performance improvement 
+	in Unicode character property lookup.
+    see complete changelog at http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
+
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr 10 12:54:45 CEST 2008 - ro@suse.de
 
diff --git a/pcre.spec b/pcre.spec
index 34bae5b..31f655c 100644
--- a/pcre.spec
+++ b/pcre.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 #
-# spec file for package pcre (Version 7.6)
+# spec file for package pcre (Version 7.8)
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
-# This file and all modifications and additions to the pristine
-# package are under the same license as the package itself.
 #
+# 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/
 #
 
@@ -13,15 +20,14 @@
 
 Name:           pcre
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-Version:        7.6
-Release:        13
+Version:        7.8
+Release:        1
 Summary:        A library for Perl-compatible regular expressions
 License:        BSD 3-Clause; Other uncritical OpenSource License
 Group:          System/Libraries
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Url:            ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/
 Source:         %name-%version.tar.bz2
-Patch0:         %name-7.2.assert_fix.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -56,11 +62,8 @@ Authors:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1 
 
 %build
-export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
-export CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 %configure \
 	    --with-link-size=2 \
 	    --with-match-limit=10000000 \
@@ -111,6 +114,11 @@ make test
 %{_mandir}/man3/*.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Sep 12 2008 crrodriguez@suse.de
+- update to PCRE 7.8
+  * More bug fixes, plus a performance improvement
+  in Unicode character property lookup.
+  see complete changelog at http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
 * Thu Apr 10 2008 ro@suse.de
 - added baselibs.conf file to build xxbit packages
   for multilib support