? drupal-908578.patch
Index: includes/update.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/update.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.69
diff -u -r1.69 update.inc
--- includes/update.inc	25 Sep 2010 18:10:53 -0000	1.69
+++ includes/update.inc	1 Oct 2010 17:29:18 -0000
@@ -672,7 +672,6 @@
     // Merge in defaults.
     $info = $info + array(
       'dependencies' => array(),
-      'dependents' => array(),
       'description' => '',
       'package' => 'Other',
       'version' => NULL,
Index: modules/system/system.admin.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/system/system.admin.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.311
diff -u -r1.311 system.admin.inc
--- modules/system/system.admin.inc	1 Oct 2010 15:24:18 -0000	1.311
+++ modules/system/system.admin.inc	1 Oct 2010 17:29:35 -0000
@@ -857,8 +857,6 @@
       }
     }
 
-    // Mark dependents disabled so the user cannot remove required modules.
-    $dependents = array();
     // If this module is required by other modules, list those, and then make it
     // impossible to disable this one.
     foreach ($module->required_by as $required_by => $v) {
Index: modules/system/system.install
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/system/system.install,v
retrieving revision 1.509
diff -u -r1.509 system.install
--- modules/system/system.install	25 Sep 2010 18:10:53 -0000	1.509
+++ modules/system/system.install	1 Oct 2010 17:29:46 -0000
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@
         'default' => 0,
       ),
       'info' => array(
-        'description' => "A serialized array containing information from the module's .info file; keys can include name, description, package, version, core, dependencies, dependents, and php.",
+        'description' => "A serialized array containing information from the module's .info file; keys can include name, description, package, version, core, dependencies, and php.",
         'type' => 'blob',
         'not null' => FALSE,
       ),
Index: modules/system/system.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/system/system.module,v
retrieving revision 1.968
diff -u -r1.968 system.module
--- modules/system/system.module	1 Oct 2010 15:24:18 -0000	1.968
+++ modules/system/system.module	1 Oct 2010 17:30:06 -0000
@@ -2281,7 +2281,6 @@
   // Set defaults for module info.
   $defaults = array(
     'dependencies' => array(),
-    'dependents' => array(),
     'description' => '',
     'package' => 'Other',
     'version' => NULL,