Re: xfig(1) in Debian 8/Jessie

2017-08-06 Thread John Conover
Xfig 3.2.6a can be downloaded from sourceforge, https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcj/, and compiled in Debian 8/Jessie, with "./configure --without-xaw3d" (if installed-apparently, there is an issue between Debian 8/Jessie's xaw3d(3) and xaw3d1_5e(3).) This, apparently, fixes the core dump create

Re: xfig(1) in Debian 8/Jessie

2017-08-06 Thread John Conover
Hi Henrique. The problem was created by the Xfig 3.2 patchlevel 5b to 5c patchlevel, and has been fixed in 3.2.6, according to the xfig site at sourceforge. Might be a good idea to fix it in the repositories and updates because of application/x-xfig in ~/.mailcap vulnerabilities. (The problem doe

Re: xfig(1) in Debian 8/Jessie

2017-08-06 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 06 Aug 2017, John Conover wrote: > 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 doe

Re: xfig(1) in Debian 8/Jessie

2017-08-06 Thread John Conover
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 procedur

Re: xfig(1) in Debian 8/Jessie

2017-08-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
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

xfig(1) in Debian 8/Jessie

2017-08-06 Thread John Conover
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