--- ./build/parseReqs.c.orig	2014-02-21 12:25:51.259664860 +0000
+++ ./build/parseReqs.c	2014-02-21 12:28:07.545664619 +0000
@@ -178,8 +178,14 @@ rpmRC parseRCPOT(rpmSpec spec, Package p
 	    if (rpmCharCheck(spec, EVR, ve-v, ".-_+:%{}~")) goto exit;
 
             /* While ':' and '-' are valid, only one of each is valid. */
-	    if (checkSep(EVR, '-', &emsg) || checkSep(EVR, ':', &emsg))
-		goto exit;
+	    if (checkSep(EVR, '-', &emsg) || checkSep(EVR, ':', &emsg)) {
+		if (tagflags & (RPMSENSE_FIND_REQUIRES|RPMSENSE_FIND_PROVIDES)) {
+		    rpmlog(RPMLOG_WARNING, "%s: %s\n", emsg, r);
+		} else {
+		    rpmlog(RPMLOG_WARNING, _("line %d: %s: %s\n"), spec->lineNum, emsg, spec->line);
+		}
+		emsg = _free(emsg);
+	    }
 
 	    re = ve;	/* ==> next token after EVR string starts here */
 	} else