Index: trunk/Ohana/src/libdvo/src/dvo_catalog_split.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/libdvo/src/dvo_catalog_split.c	(revision 13182)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/libdvo/src/dvo_catalog_split.c	(revision 13325)
@@ -358,5 +358,8 @@
 
     /* write out Average table (convert to FITS table format) */
-    AverageToFtable (&ftable, catalog[0].average, catalog[0].Naverage, catalog[0].catformat, primary);
+    if (!AverageToFtable (&ftable, catalog[0].average, catalog[0].Naverage, catalog[0].catformat, primary)) {
+	fprintf (stderr, "trouble converting format\n");
+	goto failure;
+    }
     if (!gfits_fwrite_Theader (catalog[0].f, &header)) {
       fprintf (stderr, "can't write table header");