Index: /trunk/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/dvomergeUpdate_catalogs.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/dvomergeUpdate_catalogs.c	(revision 36485)
+++ /trunk/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/dvomergeUpdate_catalogs.c	(revision 36486)
@@ -248,4 +248,9 @@
     if (FORCE_MERGE)         { snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -force-merge",     command); strcpy (command, tmpline); }
 
+    // add some config variables:
+    snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -D CATMODE %s",    command, CATMODE);   strcpy (command, tmpline);
+    snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -D CATFORMAT %s",  command, CATFORMAT); strcpy (command, tmpline);
+    snprintf (tmpline, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s -D SKY_DEPTH %d",  command, SKY_DEPTH); strcpy (command, tmpline);
+
     fprintf (stderr, "command: %s\n", command);
 
Index: /trunk/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/merge_catalogs_old.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/merge_catalogs_old.c	(revision 36485)
+++ /trunk/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/merge_catalogs_old.c	(revision 36486)
@@ -76,5 +76,5 @@
   tcoords.pc1_2 = tcoords.pc2_1 = 0.0;
   tcoords.Npolyterms = 1;
-  strcpy (tcoords.ctype, "RA---ARC");
+  strcpy (tcoords.ctype, "DEC--ARC");
 
   if (VERBOSE) fprintf (stderr, "merging %s into %s\n", input[0].filename, output[0].filename);