The ipt_helper-invert-fix isn't needed on 2.4.27, but because of some other changes in the vicinity pom-ng can't determine it has already been applied. This breaks --batch mode on 2.4. Add a proper requires entry. This patch, combined with the previous two pom-ng patches makes runme --batch work again on 2.4, and closes bugzilla #241 (but come 2.4.28, it will likely break again) Phil