diff --git a/swig-3.0.7.tar.gz b/swig-3.0.7.tar.gz
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--- a/swig-3.0.7.tar.gz
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-oid sha256:06dc8816a225667ce1eee545af3caf87e1bbaa379c32838d4cea53152514348d
-size 5923046
diff --git a/swig-3.0.8.tar.gz b/swig-3.0.8.tar.gz
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+++ b/swig-3.0.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:58a475dbbd4a4d7075e5fe86d4e54c9edde39847cdb96a3053d87cb64a23a453
+size 7937213
diff --git a/swig.changes b/swig.changes
index 61f8dad..664e8db 100644
--- a/swig.changes
+++ b/swig.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan  7 21:08:33 UTC 2016 - idonmez@suse.com
+
+- Add swig308-Fix-li_boost_array-test.patch to fix boost::array
+  test on PPC.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan  7 08:13:38 UTC 2016 - kkaempf@suse.com
+
+- Update to 3.0.8
+  - pdf documentation enhancements.
+  - Various Python 3.5 issues fixed.
+  - std::array support added for Ruby and Python.
+  - shared_ptr support added for Ruby.
+  - Minor improvements for CFFI, Go, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug  4 07:43:49 UTC 2015 - kkaempf@suse.com
 
diff --git a/swig.spec b/swig.spec
index be6e35e..ee3e3f4 100644
--- a/swig.spec
+++ b/swig.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package swig
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           swig
-Version:        3.0.7
+Version:        3.0.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator
 License:        GPL-3.0+ and BSD-3-Clause
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/C and C++
 Url:            http://www.swig.org/
 Source:         http://sourceforge.net/projects/swig/files/swig/%{name}-%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        %{name}.rpmlintrc
+Patch1:         swig308-Fix-li_boost_array-test.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  boost-devel
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ understandig SWIG usage.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 ./autogen.sh
diff --git a/swig308-Fix-li_boost_array-test.patch b/swig308-Fix-li_boost_array-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba57231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swig308-Fix-li_boost_array-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up swig-3.0.8/Examples/test-suite/li_boost_array.i.orig swig-3.0.8/Examples/test-suite/li_boost_array.i
+--- swig-3.0.8/Examples/test-suite/li_boost_array.i.orig	2016-01-06 08:09:48.851786620 +0100
++++ swig-3.0.8/Examples/test-suite/li_boost_array.i	2016-01-06 08:10:54.028471052 +0100
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace boost {
+ 
+ %inline %{
+ boost::array<int, 6> arrayOutVal() {
+-  const char carray[] = { -2, -1, 0, 0, 1, 2 };
++  const signed char carray[] = { -2, -1, 0, 0, 1, 2 };
+   boost::array<int, 6> myarray;
+   for (size_t i=0; i<6; ++i) {
+     myarray[i] = carray[i];