Index: /trunk/psphot/src/psphotImageMedian.c
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--- /trunk/psphot/src/psphotImageMedian.c	(revision 12599)
+++ /trunk/psphot/src/psphotImageMedian.c	(revision 12600)
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@
     psImageBinningSetRuffSize(binning, PS_IMAGE_BINNING_CENTER);
     psImageBinningSetSkip(binning, image);
-    status = psMetadataAddPtr(recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "PSPHOT.BACKGROUND.BINNING", PS_DATA_UNKNOWN, "Background binning", binning);
-    if (!status) {
-	psError (PSPHOT_ERR_PROG, false, "failed to save bininnng");
-	return false;
-    }
+    status = psMetadataAddPtr(recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "PSPHOT.BACKGROUND.BINNING", PS_DATA_UNKNOWN | PS_META_REPLACE, "Background binning", binning);
+    PS_ASSERT (status, false);
 
     // we save the binning structure for use in psphotMagnitudes
@@ -121,6 +118,6 @@
 		pmFPAfileCopyStructureView (file->fpa, inFPA, binning->nXbin, binning->nYbin, view);
 		model = pmFPAviewThisReadout (view, file->fpa);
-		assert (binning->nXruff == model->image->numCols);
-		assert (binning->nYruff == model->image->numRows);
+		PS_ASSERT (binning->nXruff == model->image->numCols, false);
+		PS_ASSERT (binning->nYruff == model->image->numRows, false);
 	    }
 	}
@@ -227,10 +224,10 @@
     psStats *statsBck = psStatsAlloc (PS_STAT_SAMPLE_MEAN | PS_STAT_SAMPLE_STDEV | PS_STAT_MIN | PS_STAT_MAX);
     psImageStats (statsBck, model->image, NULL, 0);
-    psMetadataAdd (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "SKY_MEAN", PS_DATA_F32 | PS_META_REPLACE, "sky model mean",          statsBck->sampleMean);
-    psMetadataAdd (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "SKYSTDEV", PS_DATA_F32 | PS_META_REPLACE, "sky model stdev",         statsBck->sampleStdev);
-    psMetadataAdd (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "SKY_MAX",  PS_DATA_F32 | PS_META_REPLACE, "sky model maximum value", statsBck->max);
-    psMetadataAdd (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "SKY_MIN",  PS_DATA_F32 | PS_META_REPLACE, "sky model minimum value", statsBck->min);
-    psMetadataAdd (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "SKY_NX",   PS_DATA_S32 | PS_META_REPLACE, "sky model size (x)",      model->image->numCols);
-    psMetadataAdd (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "SKY_NY",   PS_DATA_S32 | PS_META_REPLACE, "sky model size (y)",      model->image->numRows);
+    psMetadataAddF32 (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "SKY_MEAN", PS_META_REPLACE, "sky model mean",          statsBck->sampleMean);
+    psMetadataAddF32 (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "SKYSTDEV", PS_META_REPLACE, "sky model stdev",         statsBck->sampleStdev);
+    psMetadataAddF32 (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "SKY_MAX",  PS_META_REPLACE, "sky model maximum value", statsBck->max);
+    psMetadataAddF32 (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "SKY_MIN",  PS_META_REPLACE, "sky model minimum value", statsBck->min);
+    psMetadataAddS32 (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "SKY_NX",   PS_META_REPLACE, "sky model size (x)",      model->image->numCols);
+    psMetadataAddS32 (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "SKY_NY",   PS_META_REPLACE, "sky model size (y)",      model->image->numRows);
     psLogMsg ("psphot", PS_LOG_INFO, "background sky : min %f mean %f max %f stdev %f", 
 	      statsBck->min, statsBck->sampleMean, statsBck->max, statsBck->sampleStdev);