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Message #09371
[Bug 580961] Re: unzip fails to deal correctly with filename encodings
I've closed the remaining tasks. This particular bug was fixed in
Precise and later. For remaining issues in p7zip and file-roller, see
Bug #1382106 and Bug #495880
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unzip (6.0-4ubuntu2) precise-proposed; urgency=low
* Fix incorrectly displayed file names with UTF-8 characters.
Add -DNO_WORKING_ISPRINT to build flags. (LP: #1199239, LP: #580961)
-- Brian Murray <brian@xxxxxxxxxx> Wed, 06 Nov 2013 10:21:26 -0800
** Project changed: file-roller => ubuntu-translations
** Changed in: ubuntu-translations
Importance: Medium => Undecided
** Changed in: ubuntu-translations
Status: Confirmed => New
** Changed in: ubuntu-translations
Remote watch: GNOME Bug Tracker #306403 => None
** No longer affects: ubuntu-translations
** Package changed: unzip (Debian) => ubuntu-translations
** Changed in: ubuntu-translations
Importance: Unknown => Undecided
** Changed in: ubuntu-translations
Status: Unknown => New
** Changed in: ubuntu-translations
Remote watch: Debian Bug tracker #682682 => None
** No longer affects: ubuntu-translations
** Project changed: linuxmint => ubuntu-translations
** No longer affects: ubuntu-translations
** Changed in: unzip (Ubuntu Precise)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: unzip (Ubuntu Quantal)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: ubuntu-jp-improvement
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
** Tags removed: needs-reassignment
** Bug watch removed: GNOME Bug Tracker #306403
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306403
** Bug watch removed: Debian Bug tracker #682682
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=682682
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580961
Title:
unzip fails to deal correctly with filename encodings
Status in Ubuntu Japanese Kaizen Project:
Fix Released
Status in unzip package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in unzip source package in Precise:
Fix Released
Status in unzip source package in Quantal:
Fix Released
Status in unzip source package in Raring:
Fix Released
Status in unzip package in openSUSE:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Binary package hint: unzip
This is a fairly annoying bug that's been around and known at least
since 2005. It's very visible as it will very often make exchange of
zip files with Windows users impossible, for example. As such, it
gathered it's fair share of "me too" and "how dare you haven't fixed
this yet!!111!" comments.
Problem description:
zip/unzip and the specification fall short when dealing with non-ASCII filenames not encoded in UTF-8
test case:
do an "unzip -l" on the file http://tinyurl.com/2aofpxs and witness the question marks
affected programs:
the problem is in unzip itself, but affects GUI like xarchiver, file-roller, etc. that rely on unzip for the decompression
suggested solutions (most are workarounds, not proper fixes):
a) reintroduce patch for codepage-based zip filenames: bug 477755, http://tinyurl.com/2aqdbqg (Ubuntu blueprint)
b) unzip filename according to locale: bug 203609
c) Ubuntu JP has a patch, probably not generally applicable, bug 269482
d) Russian altlinux distro uses natspec lib and patched zip binary
natspec was mentioned in bug 477755 comment #2 and may indeed be a
proper fix, needs closer inspection (I haven't really looked, yet. As
discussed in https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306403 there
is no failsafe, straight-forward way to fix this in all cases.
Nonetheless, the current situation can and should be improved.
There's some good ideas floating around. It needs somebody to pull
and wrap them together.
It's unfortunate the FOSS community so far hasn't been able to fix
this rather visible problem. I'm opening this ticket as a master bug
and clean slate to document the issue and current status. Please
don't ruin it by making above-mentioned unhelpful comments, they
actually slow things down! Please don't nominate for a release.
Unless you're a dev and can provide a patch, you should think VERY
carefully to do anything but
1) subscribe yourself to this ticket
2) mark this bug as affecting you
3) tell me via mail about other bugs you think are a duplicate of this one, discussing the same problem
1) to 3) will showcase to the devs how many people are affected and
that is the only real chance we have for somebody to take a serious
look. "Me too" comments do the opposite, so again, please don't do
it.
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