Index: trunk/psastro/src/psastroRefstarSubset.c
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--- trunk/psastro/src/psastroRefstarSubset.c	(revision 12492)
+++ trunk/psastro/src/psastroRefstarSubset.c	(revision 12712)
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
   pmLumFunc *rawfunc = psastroLuminosityFunction (rawstars);
   if (rawfunc == NULL) {
-    psError(PSASTRO_ERR_DATA, false, "error measuring rawstar luminosity function\n");
-    return false;
+    psLogMsg ("psastro", 4, "giving up on rawstars for this readout\n");
+    return true;
   }
   psLogMsg ("psastro", 4, "measuring luminosity function for refstars\n");
   pmLumFunc *reffunc = psastroLuminosityFunction (refstars);
   if (reffunc == NULL) {
-    psError(PSASTRO_ERR_DATA, false, "error measuring refstar luminosity function\n");
-    return false;
+    psLogMsg ("psastro", 4, "giving up on refstars for this readout\n");
+    return true;
   }