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Format 2 package manifests should indeed not use run_depend, but exec_depend (depending on what the run_depend was for).

I believe this discrepancy between what the tutorial tells you and catkin_create_pkg does was introduced in ros-infrastructure/catkin_pkg#191: "catkin_create_pkg use package.xml format 2". That PR made catkin_create_pkg start using format 2, but apparently the submitter did not update the tutorials to match.

As the ROS wiki is just that, a wiki, you could register for an account and then fix the tutorial(s). That would be very much appreciated.

I've commented on PR 191 (here).