diff -r -u pkgconfig-0.15.0-debian/parse.c pkgconfig-0.15.0/parse.c
--- pkgconfig-0.15.0-debian/parse.c	2002-09-27 03:25:41.000000000 +1000
+++ pkgconfig-0.15.0/parse.c	2004-02-15 12:22:56.000000000 +1100
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@
 }
      
 static void
-parse_line (Package *pkg, const char *untrimmed, const char *path)
+parse_line (Package *pkg, const char *untrimmed, const char *path, gboolean ignore_requires)
 {
   char *str;
   char *p;
@@ -811,7 +811,12 @@
       else if (strcmp (tag, "Version") == 0)
         parse_version (pkg, p, path);
       else if (strcmp (tag, "Requires") == 0)
-        parse_requires (pkg, p, path);
+	     {
+          if (ignore_requires == FALSE)
+              parse_requires (pkg, p, path);
+          else
+              return;
+        }
       else if (strcmp (tag, "Libs") == 0)
         parse_libs (pkg, p, path);
       else if (strcmp (tag, "Cflags") == 0 ||
@@ -907,7 +912,7 @@
 }
 
 Package*
-parse_package_file (const char *path)
+parse_package_file (const char *path, gboolean ignore_requires)
 {
   FILE *f;
   Package *pkg;
@@ -944,7 +949,7 @@
     {
       one_line = TRUE;
       
-      parse_line (pkg, str->str, path);
+      parse_line (pkg, str->str, path, ignore_requires);
 
       g_string_truncate (str, 0);
     }
diff -r -u pkgconfig-0.15.0-debian/parse.h pkgconfig-0.15.0/parse.h
--- pkgconfig-0.15.0-debian/parse.h	2002-09-07 05:32:18.000000000 +1000
+++ pkgconfig-0.15.0/parse.h	2004-02-15 12:17:49.000000000 +1100
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "pkg.h"
 
-Package *parse_package_file (const char *path);
+Package *parse_package_file (const char *path, gboolean ignore_requires);
 
 Package *get_compat_package (const char *name);
 
diff -r -u pkgconfig-0.15.0-debian/pkg.c pkgconfig-0.15.0/pkg.c
--- pkgconfig-0.15.0-debian/pkg.c	2003-01-17 08:07:09.000000000 +1100
+++ pkgconfig-0.15.0/pkg.c	2004-02-15 12:19:03.000000000 +1100
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 static int scanned_dir_count = 0;
 
 gboolean disable_uninstalled = FALSE;
+gboolean ignore_requires = FALSE;
 
 void
 add_search_dir (const char *path)
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@
     }
 
   debug_spew ("Reading '%s' from file '%s'\n", name, location);
-  pkg = parse_package_file (location);
+  pkg = parse_package_file (location, ignore_requires);
   
   if (pkg == NULL)
     {
@@ -1408,6 +1409,8 @@
 {
   int mlen = 0;
   
+  ignore_requires = TRUE;
+
   g_hash_table_foreach (locations, max_len_foreach, &mlen);
   g_hash_table_foreach (locations, packages_foreach, GINT_TO_POINTER (mlen + 1));
 }