On Debian 8/Jessie, i386, do: xfig xxx.fig
Then, (draw a dash-dot-dash-dot line, anyplace): POLYLINE drawing Line Style select dash-dot-dash-dot ... and then draw a line, anyplace And, it does a SIGSEGV. It seems that there is a bug in that simple procedure, resulting in a core dump. The reason that Debian 8/Jessie could not read the legacy files is that they had hole axis (dash-dot-dash-dot ...) lines. Anyhow, it replicates on my systems. John Zenaan Harkness writes: > On Sun, Aug 06, 2017 at 02:13:39AM -0700, John Conover wrote: > > > > I have an old xfig file, ND90-4.box-0.25.fig. In Debian 7/Wheezy, it > > works fine. But in Jessie: > > > > xfig ND90-4.box-0.25.fig > > > > xfig3.2.5c: SIGSEGV signal trapped > > xfig: attempting to save figure > > Finish (or cancel) the current operation before changing modes > > Segmentation fault > > > > Any ideas? > > Install the build-depends for the package, and recompile - you might > have to install old version of gcc, libc and/ or other libraries. > > When you figure it out, would appreciate a brief pracie of your > journey :) > > Alternatively, install a virtual machine, the older version of > Debian, and share a work folder or two - run it from there. > > Good luck, -- John Conover, cono...@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/