This bug was fixed in the package rar - 2:4.2.0-0ubuntu1
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rar (2:4.2.0-0ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low
* New upstream release (LP: #731066)
- Can properly handle UTF-8 filenames (LP: #587980)
-- Ma Xiaojun damage3...@gmail.com Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:39:57 -0500
** Changed in:
I've created a test case.
The RAR archive cases a single file 中文測試.txt
The RAR archive is created using WinRAR 3.93 x64.
My Ubuntu test environment is Ubuntu 12.04 i386.
My test result is the following:
With only unrar packages installed, File Roller can display 中文測試.txt
correctly.
With both rar
An informed user may know that she need unrar only.
However, if a user try to open an RAR archive in file-roller, with neither
unrar and rar installed, she would be asked to Search Command.
Then a dialog like the attachment would be shown, if the user click Install
both unrar and rar would be
** Tags removed: apport-bug i386
** Tags added: natty oneiric precise quantal upgrade-software-version
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Title:
UTF-8 File names in the rar
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: rar (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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Title:
UTF-8
WORKAROUND:
Use WinRAR under wine instead.
Works flawlessly even when you have special characters in the names of the
compressed files.
HINT: These characters appear in files when the compressed filenames use
the old Windows Caracter set instead of UTF-8.
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