found 393184 3.0.1-1 thanks I have isolated the problem with an exact test! CPIO attached.
big5filenames.cpio
Description: CPIO file
$ locale #please adjust yours to this LANG=zh_TW.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC="zh_TW.UTF-8" LC_TIME="zh_TW.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE=C LC_MONETARY="zh_TW.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES=C LC_PAPER="zh_TW.UTF-8" LC_NAME="zh_TW.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="zh_TW.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="zh_TW.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="zh_TW.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="zh_TW.UTF-8" LC_ALL= $ cpio -id < big5filenames.cpio $ ls big5filenames|iconv seediconv: illegal input sequence at position 4 #confirming not utf-8 $ ls big5filenames|iconv -f big5 seed股神通介紹.doc 股神通.doc 操作手只修訂版.doc $ LC_ALL=zh_TW.BIG5 iceweasel big5filenames #LOOKS GREAT $ iceweasel big5filenames #FILES GONE without even a trace, UNACCEPTABLE
I am saying it is not fair of iceweasel to abscond with the filenames without a trace of their existence. At least it could show some mess like $ ls big5filenames|col -b seedq.doc q.doc @uq.doc