Index: trunk/ippScripts/scripts/phase0exp.pl
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--- trunk/ippScripts/scripts/phase0exp.pl	(revision 8713)
+++ trunk/ippScripts/scripts/phase0exp.pl	(revision 8715)
@@ -67,5 +67,6 @@
         run(command => $command, verbose => 1);
     die "Unable to perform p0tool on exposure id $expid: $error_code\n" if not $success;
-    my $metadata = $mdcParser->parse(join "", @$stdout_buf); # Parsed metadata
+    my $metadata = $mdcParser->parse(join "", @$stdout_buf)
+            or die "unable to parse metadata config doc";
     $imfiles = parse_md_list($metadata); # Data for imfiles
 }