Index: trunk/ippScripts/scripts/publish_file.pl
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--- trunk/ippScripts/scripts/publish_file.pl	(revision 34476)
+++ trunk/ippScripts/scripts/publish_file.pl	(revision 34477)
@@ -74,5 +74,6 @@
     defined $stage and
     defined $stage_id and
-    defined $workdir;
+    defined $workdir and
+    defined $dbname;
 
 my $outroot = "$workdir/$product.$pub_id"; # Output root name
@@ -155,7 +156,4 @@
     }
     $command .= " -dbname $dbname" if defined $dbname;
-    warn("\n");
-    warn("$command\n");
-    warn("\n");
     my ( $success, $error_code, $full_buf, $stdout_buf, $stderr_buf ) =
         run(command => $command, verbose => $verbose);
@@ -366,9 +364,9 @@
     &my_die("diff_id value for $name doesn't match", $pub_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR) if defined $data->{diff_id} and $comp->{diff_id} != $data->{diff_id};
     &my_die("direction value for $name doesn't match", $pub_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR) if defined $data->{direction} and $comp->{direction} != $data->{direction};
-    &my_die("comment value for $name doesn't match", $pub_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR) if defined $data->{comment} and $comp->{comment} != $data->{comment};
-    &my_die("obsmode value for $name doesn't match", $pub_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR) if defined $data->{obsmode} and $comp->{obsmode} != $data->{obsmode};
-    &my_die("difftype value for $name doesn't match", $pub_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR) if defined $data->{difftype} and $comp->{difftype} != $data->{difftype};
+    &my_die("comment value for $name doesn't match", $pub_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR) if defined $data->{comment} and $comp->{comment} ne $data->{comment};
+    &my_die("obsmode value for $name doesn't match", $pub_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR) if defined $data->{obsmode} and $comp->{obsmode} ne $data->{obsmode};
+    &my_die("difftype value for $name doesn't match", $pub_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR) if defined $data->{difftype} and $comp->{difftype} ne $data->{difftype};
     &my_die("sky value for $name doesn't match", $pub_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR) if defined $data->{sky} and $comp->{sky} != $data->{sky};
-    &my_die("shutoutc value for $name doesn't match", $pub_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR) if defined $data->{shutoutc} and $comp->{shutoutc} != $data->{shutoutc};
+    &my_die("shutoutc value for $name doesn't match", $pub_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR) if defined $data->{shutoutc} and $comp->{shutoutc} ne $data->{shutoutc};
 
     return 1;