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.

Version: 1.18.x
Severity: enhancement