I reproduced the issue on Debian as well and opened a bug in the Debian bugtracker. Thanks for reporting!
** Changed in: xfig (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: xfig (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #774373 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774373 ** Also affects: xfig (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774373 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1362785 Title: xfig crashes when opening an old .fig file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfig/+bug/1362785/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs