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I'm trying to import a dump, so I know to use importDump.

However, that's all I know.

Now, I know the answer is "How do you expect to do anything without reading the documentation?" but importDump doesn't even tell me which Wiki page to look at.  Plus, I'm a cowboy.  Running software without reading the docs has worked pretty well for me in the past, so why shouldn't it this time?

So I go to the command line and run it, but it just sits there, waiting for input, I suppose.  Asking it for --help does nothing.  Feeding it /dev/null with the vain hope of getting some useful error message only spews (in my xdebug-enabled installation) the following errors:

PHP Warning:  XMLReader::read(): uploadsource://b9c91e0b515c5d3cc26e72bfe3e2c3e7:1: parser error : Extra content at the end of the document in includes/Import.php on line 347
PHP Stack trace:
PHP   1. {main}() maintenance/importDump.php:0
PHP   2. BackupReader->importFromStdin() maintenance/importDump.php:184
PHP   3. BackupReader->importFromHandle() maintenance/importDump.php:134
PHP   4. WikiImporter->doImport() maintenance/importDump.php:156
PHP   5. XMLReader->read() includes/Import.php:347

Warning: XMLReader::read(): uploadsource://b9c91e0b515c5d3cc26e72bfe3e2c3e7:1: parser error : Extra content at the end of the document in includes/Import.php on line 347

Call Stack:
    0.0005     718336   1. {main}() maintenance/importDump.php:0
    0.0366    6141008   2. BackupReader->importFromStdin() maintenance/importDump.php:184
    0.0366    6141840   3. BackupReader->importFromHandle() maintenance/importDump.php:134
    0.0392    6736824   4. WikiImporter->doImport() maintenance/importDump.php:156
    0.0392    6736904   5. XMLReader->read() includes/Import.php:347

PHP Warning:  XMLReader::read():  in includes/Import.php on line 347
PHP Stack trace:
PHP   1. {main}() maintenance/importDump.php:0
PHP   2. BackupReader->importFromStdin() maintenance/importDump.php:184
PHP   3. BackupReader->importFromHandle() maintenance/importDump.php:134
PHP   4. WikiImporter->doImport() maintenance/importDump.php:156
PHP   5. XMLReader->read() includes/Import.php:347

Warning: XMLReader::read():  in includes/Import.php on line 347

Call Stack:
    0.0005     718336   1. {main}() maintenance/importDump.php:0
    0.0366    6141008   2. BackupReader->importFromStdin() maintenance/importDump.php:184
    0.0366    6141840   3. BackupReader->importFromHandle() maintenance/importDump.php:134
    0.0392    6736824   4. WikiImporter->doImport() maintenance/importDump.php:156
    0.0392    6736904   5. XMLReader->read() includes/Import.php:347

PHP Warning:  XMLReader::read(): ^ in includes/Import.php on line 347
PHP Stack trace:
PHP   1. {main}() maintenance/importDump.php:0
PHP   2. BackupReader->importFromStdin() maintenance/importDump.php:184
PHP   3. BackupReader->importFromHandle() maintenance/importDump.php:134
PHP   4. WikiImporter->doImport() maintenance/importDump.php:156
PHP   5. XMLReader->read() includes/Import.php:347

Warning: XMLReader::read(): ^ in includes/Import.php on line 347

Call Stack:
    0.0005     718336   1. {main}() maintenance/importDump.php:0
    0.0366    6141008   2. BackupReader->importFromStdin() maintenance/importDump.php:184
    0.0366    6141840   3. BackupReader->importFromHandle() maintenance/importDump.php:134
    0.0392    6736824   4. WikiImporter->doImport() maintenance/importDump.php:156
    0.0392    6736904   5. XMLReader->read() includes/Import.php:347

PHP Warning:  XMLReader::read(): An Error Occured while reading in includes/Import.php on line 347
PHP Stack trace:
PHP   1. {main}() maintenance/importDump.php:0
PHP   2. BackupReader->importFromStdin() maintenance/importDump.php:184
PHP   3. BackupReader->importFromHandle() maintenance/importDump.php:134
PHP   4. WikiImporter->doImport() maintenance/importDump.php:156
PHP   5. XMLReader->read() includes/Import.php:347

Warning: XMLReader::read(): An Error Occured while reading in includes/Import.php on line 347

Call Stack:
    0.0005     718336   1. {main}() maintenance/importDump.php:0
    0.0366    6141008   2. BackupReader->importFromStdin() maintenance/importDump.php:184
    0.0366    6141840   3. BackupReader->importFromHandle() maintenance/importDump.php:134
    0.0392    6736824   4. WikiImporter->doImport() maintenance/importDump.php:156
    0.0392    6736904   5. XMLReader->read() includes/Import.php:347

Expected <mediawiki> tag, got 
Backtrace:
#0 maintenance/importDump.php(156): WikiImporter->doImport()
#1 maintenance/importDump.php(134): BackupReader->importFromHandle(Resource id #30)
#2 maintenance/importDump.php(184): BackupReader->importFromStdin()
#3 {main}


Fine.  Time to use Google, read the source, and file a bug.