diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
index f19538c9..69038d73 100644
--- a/scripts/projects.py
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ def re_section(name):
                  re.DOTALL)
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------- helpers
+def strip_module_from_spec(mod):
+    return re.sub(r'-devel$|-run$', '', re.split('([=><]+)', mod)[0].strip())
 
 def get_section(path, section):
     r = ''
@@ -62,23 +64,33 @@ def get_value(name, section, key):
     file.close()
     if len(r):
         return r[0]
-    return ""
+    return None
  
-def add_modules_from_project_txt(buf, name, section, key, add_self, recursive):
-    if name in buf:
-        return
+def add_modules_from_project_txt(buf, name, section, key, add_self, recursive,
+        names_only):
+    #if name in buf:
+    #    return
     if add_self:
         buf.add(name)
-    deps = get_value(name, section, key).split()
+    deps = get_value(name, section, key)
+    if not deps:
+        return
+    deps = deps.split(',')
     for dep in deps:
-        buf.add(dep)
+        if names_only:
+            buf.add(strip_module_from_spec(dep))
+        else:
+            buf.add(dep)
         if recursive:
-            add_modules_from_project_txt(buf, dep, section, key, True, recursive)
+            add_modules_from_project_txt(buf, strip_module_from_spec(dep),
+                    section, key, True, recursive, names_only)
 
-def get_modules_from_project_txt(names, section, key, add_self, recursive):
+def get_modules_from_project_txt(names, section, key, add_self, recursive,
+        names_only = True):
     r = Set()
     for name in names:
-        add_modules_from_project_txt(r, name, section, key, add_self, recursive)
+        add_modules_from_project_txt(r, name, section, key, add_self, recursive,
+                names_only)
     return r
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------- commands
@@ -93,8 +105,8 @@ def cmd_ldlibpath(args_):
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='ldlibpath')
     parser.add_argument('module', nargs='*', help='Modules')
     args=parser.parse_args(args_)
-    deps = get_modules_from_project_txt(args.module, 'requires', 'run', True,
-            True)
+    deps = get_modules_from_project_txt(args.module, 'pkg.required', 'run',
+            recursive=True, add_self=True, names_only=True)
     r = ''
     for m in deps:
         r = r + ':' + projs_root + '/' + m + '/lib'
@@ -104,8 +116,8 @@ def cmd_path(args_):
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='path')
     parser.add_argument('module', nargs='*', help='Modules')
     args=parser.parse_args(args_)
-    deps = get_modules_from_project_txt(args.module, 'requires', 'run', True,
-            True)
+    deps = get_modules_from_project_txt(args.module, 'pkg.required', 'run',
+            recursive=True, add_self=True, names_only=True)
     r = ''
     for m in deps:
         r = r + ':' + projs_root + '/' + m + '/bin'
@@ -148,7 +160,7 @@ parser.add_argument('cmd', default='', help='Command')
 parser.add_argument('--prefix', '-p', nargs='?', default = expanduser("~") + '/local/src/cvs.stable/proj', help='Project Path Prefix')
 parser.add_argument('arg', nargs='*', help='Command arguments')
 args=parser.parse_args(global_args)
-projs_root = args.p
+projs_root = args.prefix
 cmd = getattr(sys.modules[__name__], 'cmd_' + args.cmd.replace('-', '_'))
 cmd(sys.argv[(len(global_args) + 1)::])