When I try to add a network folder named "R:\Comunicació\FOTOS" it is added, but returns an error and is not scanned. When returning to edit it the name has become "R:\Comunicaci?\FOTOS"; and "?" is not just a plain "?", its is inside a rhombus, as it is a unknown char.
Git commit 8490cd2b9c459b549753563274d8a7d630567395 by Maik Qualmann. Committed on 12/03/2018 at 20:05. Pushed by mqualmann into branch 'master'. fix access to non-ascii character in the network share path Related: bug 391744 FIXED-IN: 5.9.0 M +3 -1 NEWS M +1 -1 libs/database/collection/collectionmanager.cpp https://commits.kde.org/digikam/8490cd2b9c459b549753563274d8a7d630567395
The 5.9.0 pre-release installer is updated with last fix from Maik. Please try and report : https://files.kde.org/digikam/
This is fixed.