Index: /trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstampparse.pl
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--- /trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstampparse.pl	(revision 29577)
+++ /trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstampparse.pl	(revision 29578)
@@ -837,10 +837,10 @@
             print STDERR "$command failed with fault $fault\n";
             if ($fault < 10) {
-                # I added the following to the production build one Sunday
-                # night with the comment
-                # a Sunday night hack
-                # I don't recall what the issue was. 
-                # Comment out for now.
-                # $fault = $PSTAMP_NOT_AVAILABLE
+                # pstamptool returns an error if an existing depenent is faulted
+                # Set the object to not available even if the fault < 10
+                # which is nominally a recoverable error in order to keep
+                # the request from faulting (which can be very expensive if
+                # there are a lot of requests)
+                $fault = $PSTAMP_NOT_AVAILABLE
             }
             if ($fault >= 10) {