diff --git a/scripts/build.py b/scripts/build.py
index 130e1ce9..2c6b334e 100644
--- a/scripts/build.py
+++ b/scripts/build.py
@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@ import time
 import datetime
 import re
 
-all_deps = Set()
-dep_tree = {}
-glob_order = []
-proj_base=pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_dir + "/local/src/jw.dev/proj"
-search_path=[".", "dspc/src", "dspc/src/dspcd-plugins", "dspc/src/io" ]
-glob_prereq_type="BUILD"
-dep_cache = {}
-
 def debug(*objs):
     if args.debug:
         print("DEBUG: ", *objs, file=sys.stderr)
@@ -40,27 +32,21 @@ def read_deps(cur, prereq_type):
     # dep cache doesn't make a difference at all
     if prereq_type in dep_cache:
         if cur in dep_cache[prereq_type]:
-            return dep_cache[cur][prereq_type]
+            return dep_cache[prereq_type][cur]
     else:
         dep_cache[prereq_type] = {}
-    path = find_proj_path(cur)
-    os.chdir(path)
-    # ignoring prereq_type, as it has never been anything but BUILD, now
-    # only looking for PREREQ without anything
-    # p = subprocess.Popen("LD_LIBRARY_PATH= make echo-prereq | sed '/PREREQ " + " *=/ !d; s/.*=//'", shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-    p = subprocess.Popen("LD_LIBRARY_PATH= make echo-prereq", shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    p = subprocess.Popen(projects_py + " prereq " + prereq_type + " " + cur, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
     p.wait()
     if p.returncode:
         raise Exception("failed to get " + prereq_type + " prerequisites from " + path)
     r = Set()
-    pattern = re.compile(r'^ *PREREQ.*=')
+    pattern = re.compile(r'.*') # might be useful at a later point, currently pointless
     for line in iter(p.stdout.readline,''):
+        debug('evaluating line:', line)
         if not pattern.match(line):
             continue
-        for d in re.sub(pattern, '', line) .split():
+        for d in line.split():
             r.add(d)
-#    for d in p.stdout.read().split():
-#        r.add(d)
     if cur in r:
         r.remove(cur)
     debug('inserting', prereq_type, "prerequisites of", cur, ":", ' '.join(r))
@@ -77,9 +63,10 @@ def add_tree(cur, prereq_type):
     dep_tree[cur] = deps
     return len(deps)
 
-def calculate_order(order, modules, prereq_type):
-    for m in modules:
-        add_tree(m, prereq_type)
+def calculate_order(order, modules, prereq_types):
+    for t in prereq_types:
+        for m in modules:
+            add_tree(m, t)
     while len(all_deps):
         for d in all_deps:
             if not len(dep_tree[d]):
@@ -124,6 +111,17 @@ def build(modules, order, target):
         for m in order:
             run_make(m, target)
 
+# ------------ here we go
+
+all_deps = Set()
+dep_tree = {}
+glob_order = []
+proj_base=pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_dir + "/local/src/jw.dev/proj"
+search_path=[".", "dspc/src", "dspc/src/dspcd-plugins", "dspc/src/io" ]
+dep_cache = {}
+my_dir=os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+projects_py="/usr/bin/python " + my_dir + "/projects.py"
+
 # -- parse command line
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='jannet software project build tool')
 parser.add_argument('--base', '-b', nargs='?', default=proj_base, help='Project base directory')
@@ -151,9 +149,14 @@ if len(env_exclude):
 
 # -- build
 if target != 'order':
-    print("calculating order for modules: " + ' '.join(modules))
+    print("calculating order for modules ... ")
 order = []
-calculate_order(order, modules, glob_prereq_type)
+
+glob_prereq_types = [ "build" ]
+if target == 'pkg-rebuild-reinstall':
+    glob_prereq_types == [ "build", "run", "release" ]
+
+calculate_order(order, modules, glob_prereq_types)
 if args.ignore_deps:
     order = [m for m in order if m in args.modules]
 order = [m for m in order if m not in exclude]