When accented character are in the path darktable in windows fails to process the photos correctly

[vsanchez]

Describe the bug

In a very recent version of windows, 4.5.0+1435~g6d4cfccf32, i am having a very serious problem. When I import a set of photos that are contained in a folder that has an accented character or ñ it will import the photos but will not read the metadata (or perhaps is unable to store it in the database). When one starts it again and it recognizes that the XMP files are newer that the database registry it will say that it cannot write it in the database, giving the following error:

This problem was not present before and it is not present in Linux (in a slightly older release 4.5.0+1412)

Steps to reproduce

Create a directory that contains in its name an accented character. Try to import the contents of that directory. The photos will not have information about shutter speed, etc. Will not be automatically rotated, etc.

Expected behavior

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Where did you obtain darktable from?

self compiled

darktable version

4.5.0+1435~g6d4cfccf32

What OS are you using?

Windows

What is the version of your OS?

Windows 11

Describe your system?

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Are you using OpenCL GPU in darktable?

Yes

If yes, what is the GPU card and driver?

NVIDIA Ge Force RTX 4070Ti

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[kmilos]

Duplicate of #15478

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