Index: trunk/src_plugins/import_excellon/excellon.c
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--- trunk/src_plugins/import_excellon/excellon.c	(revision 782)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/import_excellon/excellon.c	(revision 783)
@@ -233,18 +233,22 @@
 			int len;
 			(*line)++;
 			sep = strchr(*line, '.');
-			if (sep == NULL) {
-				rnd_message(RND_MSG_ERROR, "excellon: metric format specifier lacks decimal dot\n");
-				return -1;
+			if (sep != NULL) {
+				TODO("this expects newline");
+				len = strlen(*line);
+				len = len - (sep - (*line)) - 1;
+				exc->has_metric_scale = 1;
+				exc->metric_scale = pow(10, len);
+				(*line) += len;
+				return 0;
 			}
-			TODO("this expects newline");
-			len = strlen(*line);
-			len = len - (sep - (*line)) - 1;
-			exc->has_metric_scale = 1;
-			exc->metric_scale = pow(10, len);
-			(*line) += len;
+			else {
+				rnd_message(RND_MSG_ERROR, "excellon: metric format specifier lacks decimal dot; this file is broken.\n(Assuming 4.4 but expect broken input)\n");
+				exc->has_metric_scale = 1;
+				exc->metric_scale = 10000;
+				(*line)--; /* so that *line points to ",LZ" again */
+			}
 		}
-		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (strncmp(*line, "INCH", 4) == 0) {