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+ open (IN, "$config{wikistatedir}/aggregate" ||
+ die "$config{wikistatedir}/aggregate: $!");
+
+It looks like the intent was "open this file, and die if you can't",
+but I'm pretty sure it actually means "open this file and ignore errors
+silently". Shouldn't this be `open(IN, $file) || die "$file: $!";`
+(i.e. with the parens before the call to `die`)? --Ethan \ No newline at end of file