Fresh F-8 box, updates-testing enabled.

$ yum istall abiword
...
Installed: abiword.i386 1:2.4.6-6.fc8
Dependency Installed: gtkmathview.i386 0:0.7.6-5.fc6 link-grammar.i386
0:4.2.5-1.fc8 ots-libs.i386 0:0.4.2-11.fc7

$ abiword
Segmentation fault

$ gdb /usr/bin/abiword
...
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread -1209194176 (LWP 17569)]
0x0091cdf0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
(gdb)
(gdb) backtrace
#0  0x0091cdf0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#1  0x00914f4f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#2  0x0091822a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#3  0x00918d0a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#4  0x00918d89 in FcNameUnparse () from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
#5  0x08241684 in XAP_UnixFontManager::scavengeFonts ()
#6  0x082418bb in XAP_UnixFontManager::XAP_UnixFontManager ()
#7  0x0823c992 in XAP_UnixApp::_loadFonts ()
#8  0x0823cb02 in XAP_UnixApp::initialize ()
#9  0x08147ea1 in AP_App::initialize ()
#10 0x081410de in AP_UnixApp::initialize ()
#11 0x08142820 in AP_UnixApp::main ()
#12 0x0813ea4a in main ()

could install debuginfo and retry if desired.