Index: python/plugins/fTools/tools/doGeometry.py
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--- python/plugins/fTools/tools/doGeometry.py	(revision 15538)
+++ python/plugins/fTools/tools/doGeometry.py	(working copy)
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
     vprovider.select( allAttrs )
     fields = vprovider.fields()
     writer = QgsVectorFileWriter( self.myName, self.myEncoding,
-    fields, vprovider.geometryType()-3, vprovider.crs() )
+    fields, vprovider.geometryType(), vprovider.crs() )
     inFeat = QgsFeature()
     outFeat = QgsFeature()
     inGeom = QgsGeometry()