[Bug 692651] [NEW] Ark : when creating a zip file Ark doesn't encode accents properly (i.e. "é" "è" etc.)

[Mahendra Tallur]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kdeutils

Hi ! This bug occurs with a clean Kubuntu 10.10 install.

How to reproduce :

1) create a file or a drawer whose filename contains special characters with accents, such as "é" "è" "ê" etc (French accents in this case). 
2) with Dolphin, right click on it and create a zip file
3) open the zip file with ark or from the command line
4) what happens : each special character is replaced by two question marks "??"
what should happen : the filenames should be the same as the source file / drawer

Please note : 
1) this occurs when creating zip files, but not when creating rar files or tar.gz files
2) the fact that a single char is replaced by 2 question marks seems to indicate that the filename was encoded in UTF-8 but that the zip file was not specified as being in UTF-8

Please tell me if I can help ! (some other people on the French Ubuntu forums confirmed the issue)
Cheers !

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: ark 4:4.5.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.41-generic-pae 2.6.35.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Dec 20 18:25:30 2010
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdeutils

** Affects: kdeutils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 maverick

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  Ark : when creating a zip file Ark doesn't encode accents properly (i.e. "é" "è" etc.)