Comment 1 for bug 398925

The bug is known upstream (at http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1618474) and is fixed in upstream CVS (at http://opencvlibrary.cvs.sourceforge.net/opencvlibrary/opencv/interfaces/swig/python/imagedata.i?r1=1.3&r2=1.4).

The patch from CVS is attached below. It applies without problems, but apparently the _cv.cpp file which is generated by Swig is not regenerated automatically. Adding --with-swig to the "configure" flags (for example in debian/rules, at the end of "confflags = " line) is a workaround for this.