1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/importpkg.py b/importpkg.py
index 06d9da4..8f2390c 100755
--- a/importpkg.py
+++ b/importpkg.py
@@ -82,11 +82,9 @@ def process_package(filelike, hash_functions):
             state = "data"
             tf = decompress_tar(af, name[8:])
             for name, size, hashes in get_tar_hashes(tf, hash_functions):
-                try:
-                    name = name.decode("utf8")
-                except UnicodeDecodeError:
-                    print("warning: skipping filename with encoding error")
-                    continue # skip files with non-utf8 encoding for now
+                # filenames are not actually iso-8859-1, but this decode
+                # cannot cause UnicodeDecodeError
+                name = name.decode("iso-8859-1")
                 yield dict(name=name, size=size, hashes=hashes)
             yield "commit"
             break