On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:00:00 +0100 (CET), Andreas wrote: > AFAICS BuildRequirements were implemented by parsing #-commented lines and > adding the named packages to the dependency list. Confirmed. > Has this behaviour changed? Yes. http://en.opensuse.org/SUSE_Package_Conventions/RPM_Style#1.3._BuildRequires_Tag