diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
index 922dabf4..a73816da 100644
--- a/scripts/projects.py
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ from os.path import basename
 from os.path import realpath
 import re
 
+# meaning of pkg.required variables
+# build: needs to be built and installed before this can be built
+# devel: needs to be installed before this-devel can be installed, i.e. before _other_ packages can be built against this
+# run:   needs to be installed before this-run can be installed, i.e. before this and other packages can run with this
+
 def re_section(name):
     return re.compile('[' + name + ']'
                  '.*?'
@@ -155,7 +160,7 @@ def get_libname(names):
 
 # -L needs to contain more paths than libs linked with -l would require
 def get_ldpathflags(names):
-    deps = get_modules_from_project_txt(names, 'pkg.required', 'devel',
+    deps = get_modules_from_project_txt(names, 'pkg.required', 'build',
             scope = 2, add_self=True, names_only=True)
     r = ''
     for m in deps:
@@ -166,7 +171,7 @@ def get_ldpathflags(names):
 
 def get_ldflags(names):
     #print(names)
-    deps = get_modules_from_project_txt(names, 'pkg.required', 'devel',
+    deps = get_modules_from_project_txt(names, 'pkg.required', 'build',
             scope = 1, add_self=False, names_only=True)
     #print(deps)
     r = ''
@@ -422,7 +427,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--prefix', '-p', nargs='?', default = expanduser("~") +
 parser.add_argument('arg', nargs='*', help='Command arguments')
 args=parser.parse_args(global_args)
 
-debug("running ", ' '.join(sys.argv))
+debug("----------------------------------------- running ", ' '.join(sys.argv))
 
 projs_root = args.prefix
 if args.topdir: