Index: trunk/ippconfig/recipes/psastro.config
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--- trunk/ippconfig/recipes/psastro.config	(revision 42844)
+++ trunk/ippconfig/recipes/psastro.config	(revision 42969)
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 
 PSASTRO.SKIP.ASTROMETRY    BOOL FALSE
+PSASTRO.SKIP.BACKGROUND    BOOL TRUE   # do not generate background model for most cameras
 
 # select which WCS style to use on output images.
@@ -413,2 +414,5 @@
 END
 
+NO_BACKGROUND METADATA
+   PSASTRO.SKIP.BACKGROUND BOOL TRUE
+END