Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/widget-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/widget-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.56 -r1.57
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/widget-procs.tcl	5 Dec 2017 15:37:18 -0000	1.56
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/widget-procs.tcl	17 Jan 2018 21:45:20 -0000	1.57
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     if { [llength $persons] == 0 && [llength $groups_relsegs] == 0 } {
         # no search results so return text entry back to the user
 
-        catch { unset element(options) }
+        unset -nocomplain element(options)
 
         template::element::set_error $element(form_id) $element_id "
         No matches were found for \"$search_string\".<br>Please