Index: trunk/psphot/src/psphotReplaceUnfit.c
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--- trunk/psphot/src/psphotReplaceUnfit.c	(revision 34136)
+++ trunk/psphot/src/psphotReplaceUnfit.c	(revision 34492)
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@
 }
 
+// the return state indicates if any sources were actually replaced
 bool psphotReplaceAllSourcesReadout (pmConfig *config, const pmFPAview *view, const char *filename, int index, psMetadata *recipe, bool ignoreState) {
 
@@ -58,5 +59,5 @@
     if (psMetadataLookupBool (&status, readout->analysis, "PSPHOT.SKIP.INPUT")) {
         psLogMsg ("psphot", PS_LOG_DETAIL, "skipping replace all sources for input file %d", index);
-        return true;
+        return false;
     }
 
@@ -65,6 +66,6 @@
 
     psArray *sources = detections->allSources;
-    //psAssert (sources, "missing sources?");
-    if (!sources) return true;
+    // if no work to do, should just return false
+    if (!sources) return false;
 
     // user-defined masks to test for good/bad pixels (build from recipe list if not yet set)