diff --git a/scripts/mkspec-wrapper.sh b/scripts/mkspec-wrapper.sh
index 4b0b4630..87fb9dfe 100644
--- a/scripts/mkspec-wrapper.sh
+++ b/scripts/mkspec-wrapper.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ append()
 {
 	local var=$1
 	shift
-	local tmp=`eval echo \\$$var $@ | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//; s/[[:space:]]*$//'`
+	local tmp=`eval echo \"\\$$var $@\" | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//; s/[[:space:]]*$//'`
 	eval $var=\"$tmp\" 
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
index 0492fa54..9242c694 100644
--- a/scripts/projects.py
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ def read_value(path, section, key):
                     r.append(line)
                 else:
                     r = re.findall('^ *' + key + ' *= *(.*)', line)
+                    #debug("key " + key + ": parsed line >" + line + "<, result is " + ' '.join(r))
                     if (len(r) > 0):
                         break
     file.close()
@@ -518,7 +519,7 @@ def pkg_relations(rel_type, args_):
                     for i, item in enumerate(dep):
                         dep[i] = item.strip()
                     if s == 'jw' and len(dep) == 3:
-                        dep_project = re.sub(r'-devel$|-run$', '', dep[0])
+                        dep_project = re.sub(r'-devel$|-dev$|-run$', '', dep[0])
                         if args.dont_expand_version_macros and dep_project in args.module:
                             version = dep[2]
                         else: