Index: wp-includes/rss-functions.php
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--- wp-includes/rss-functions.php	(revision 2814)
+++ wp-includes/rss-functions.php	(working copy)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 		# if PHP xml isn't compiled in, die
 		#
 		if (!function_exists('xml_parser_create')) {
-			die( "Failed to load PHP's XML Extension. " . 
+			trigger_error( "Failed to load PHP's XML Extension. " . 
 						  "http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.xml.php",
 						   E_USER_ERROR );
 		}
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 		
 		if (!is_resource($parser))
 		{
-			die( "Failed to create an instance of PHP's XML parser. " .
+			trigger_error( "Failed to create an instance of PHP's XML parser. " .
 						  "http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.xml.php",
 						  E_USER_ERROR );
 		}
@@ -847,4 +847,4 @@
 		return false;
 	}
 }
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>