1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/readControlFile.go b/readControlFile.go
index 9def952..b307849 100644
--- a/readControlFile.go
+++ b/readControlFile.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -11,16 +10,22 @@ import (
 
 // readGitConfig reads and parses the control file
 func (c *controlBox) readControlFile() error {
+	pairs := make(map[string]string)
+	var key string
+
 	file, err := os.Open("control")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn("readControlFile() could not find the file")
-		return errors.New("'control': file not found")
+		// return errors.New("'control': file not found")
+		// if this happens, make up a fake control file
+		pairs["Maintainer"] = "go-deb build"
+		pairs["Architecture"] = "x86"
+		pairs["Recommends"] = ""
+		pairs["Source"] = "notsure"
+		pairs["Description"] = "put something here"
 	}
 	defer file.Close()
 
-	pairs := make(map[string]string)
-	var key string
-
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		line := scanner.Text()