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NUMBER:	384
MODULE:	artdata: mkobjects, mknoise, mk2dspec
SYSTEM:	V2.9 - V2.11
DATE:	Wed Nov 19 10:40:55 MST 1997
FROM:	valdes

BUG:	The ARTDATA tasks which can record comments from an input data
	file in the image header will produce improper headers if the input
	data has tab characters.  The consequence of this only affects FITS
	files produced directly through the FITS kernel or using WFITS to
	write a FITS file from some other image format.  Such FITS files
	will have malformed headers and when using the FITS kernel a possible
	error is 'Pixel storage file is truncated'.  The most common
	way this problem can occur is with MKOBJECTS using object lists
	produced by STARLIST or GALLIST which generate comments with tab
	characters in them.  The workarounds are to turn off the 'comments'
	parameter in the task to eliminate the writing of the data file
	comment information to the header or not producing a FITS file from
	the created image.

STATUS:	Fixed after the initial V2.11 release.