Confirmed on the example with the edgy package on feisty, upgrading to the feisty file-roller fixes the problem, closing the bug it has been fixed with the new version
** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Fix Released -- error reported when all top-level files in an archive are hidden (dot) files https://launchpad.net/bugs/81087 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs