Index: trunk/psModules/src/objects/pmPSFtry.c
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--- trunk/psModules/src/objects/pmPSFtry.c	(revision 15697)
+++ trunk/psModules/src/objects/pmPSFtry.c	(revision 15705)
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
  *  @author EAM, IfA
  *
- *  @version $Revision: 1.51 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
- *  @date $Date: 2007-11-27 03:14:57 $
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.52 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ *  @date $Date: 2007-11-28 00:43:27 $
  *
  *  Copyright 2004 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -247,5 +247,9 @@
 
     // XXX this function wants aperture radius for pmSourcePhotometry
-    pmPSFtryMetric (psfTry, options->radius);
+    if (!pmPSFtryMetric (psfTry, options->radius)) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "Attempt to fit PSF with model %s failed.", modelName);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     psLogMsg ("psphot.pspsf", 3, "try model %s, ap-fit: %f +/- %f : sky bias: %f\n",
               modelName, psfTry->psf->ApResid, psfTry->psf->dApResid, psfTry->psf->skyBias);