I should add that I was opening the documents by starting a new inkscape
session and using File->Open
$ apt-cache policy inkscape
inkscape:
Installed: 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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Inkscape crashes when importing a PDF file
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/169147
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