=== modified file 'lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el'
*** lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el	2013-12-11 21:15:12 +0000
--- lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el	2013-12-12 19:13:00 +0000
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*** 1104,1109 ****
--- 1104,1128 ----

  (declare-function lm-homepage "lisp-mnt" (&optional file))

+ (defun package--prepare-dependencies (deps)
+   "Turn DEPS into an acceptable list of dependencies.
+
+ Any parts missing a version string get a default version string
+ of \"0\" (meaning any version) and an appropriate level of lists
+ is wrapped around any parts requiring it."
+   (cond
+    ((null deps) nil)
+    ((or (symbolp deps)
+         (and (listp deps)
+              (symbolp (car deps))
+              (stringp (cadr deps))))
+     (error "Invalid requirement specifier: %s" deps))
+    ((stringp (cadr deps)) `(,deps))
+    ((and (listp deps) (listp (car deps))
+          (null (cdar deps)))
+     `((,(caar deps) "0")))
+    (t (mapcar (lambda (dep) (if (symbolp dep) `(,dep "0") dep)) deps))))
+
  (defun package-buffer-info ()
    "Return a `package-desc' describing the package in the current buffer.

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*** 1135,1141 ****
  	 "Package lacks a \"Version\" or \"Package-Version\" header"))
        (package-desc-from-define
         file-name pkg-version desc
!        (if requires-str (package-read-from-string requires-str))
         :kind 'single
         :url homepage))))

--- 1154,1162 ----
  	 "Package lacks a \"Version\" or \"Package-Version\" header"))
        (package-desc-from-define
         file-name pkg-version desc
!        (if requires-str
!            (package--prepare-dependencies
!             (package-read-from-string requires-str)))
         :kind 'single
         :url homepage))))