diff -u kdebase-3.5.8/debian/control kdebase-3.5.8/debian/control
--- kdebase-3.5.8/debian/control
+++ kdebase-3.5.8/debian/control
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 Package: kdebase-kio-plugins
 Section: kde
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, kdesktop, libsasl2-modules, psmisc, cryptsetup
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, kdesktop, libsasl2-modules, psmisc, cryptsetup, man-db (>= 2.5.1-1)
 Recommends: hal, pmount, kamera, kdemultimedia-kio-plugins
 Suggests: khelpcenter, mtools
 Conflicts: kdebase-libs (<< 4:3.0.0)
diff -u kdebase-3.5.8/debian/changelog kdebase-3.5.8/debian/changelog
--- kdebase-3.5.8/debian/changelog
+++ kdebase-3.5.8/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+kdebase (4:3.5.8-2ubuntu17) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * kubuntu_9920_kio_man_utf8.diff: Recode manual pages to UTF-8 (LP:
+    #44548). Requires man-db (>= 2.5.1-1).
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:19:09 +0000
+
 kdebase (4:3.5.8-2ubuntu16) hardy; urgency=low
 
   * Move kde-applications-merged/kde-essential.menu to
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- kdebase-3.5.8.orig/debian/patches/kubuntu_9920_kio_man_utf8.diff
+++ kdebase-3.5.8/debian/patches/kubuntu_9920_kio_man_utf8.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' kdebase-3.5.8/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp kdebase-3.5.8.new/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp
+--- kdebase-3.5.8/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp	2007-10-08 10:51:22.000000000 +0100
++++ kdebase-3.5.8.new/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp	2008-01-31 09:04:58.000000000 +0000
+@@ -517,6 +517,11 @@
+   myStdStream += QString::fromLocal8Bit(s, len);
+ }
+ 
++void MANProtocol::slotGetStdOutputUtf8(KProcess* /* p */, char *s, int len)
++{
++  myStdStream += QString::fromUtf8(s, len);
++}
++
+ char *MANProtocol::readManPage(const char *_filename)
+ {
+     QCString filename = _filename;
+@@ -564,24 +569,20 @@
+         }
+         lastdir = filename.left(filename.findRev('/'));
+     
+-        QIODevice *fd= KFilterDev::deviceForFile(filename);
+-    
+-        if ( !fd || !fd->open(IO_ReadOnly))
+-        {
+-           delete fd;
+-           return 0;
+-        }
+-        QByteArray array(fd->readAll());
+-        kdDebug(7107) << "read " << array.size() << endl;
+-        fd->close();
+-        delete fd;
+-        
+-        if (array.isEmpty())
+-            return 0;
+-    
+-        const int len = array.size();
++        myStdStream = QString::null;
++        KProcess proc;
++        /* TODO: detect availability of 'man --recode' so that this can go
++         * upstream */
++        proc << "man" << "--recode" << "UTF-8" << filename;
++
++        QApplication::connect(&proc, SIGNAL(receivedStdout (KProcess *, char *, int)),
++                              this, SLOT(slotGetStdOutputUtf8(KProcess *, char *, int)));
++        proc.start(KProcess::Block, KProcess::All);
++
++        const QCString cstr=myStdStream.utf8();
++        const int len = cstr.size()-1;
+         buf = new char[len + 4];
+-        qmemmove(buf + 1, array.data(), len);
++        qmemmove(buf + 1, cstr.data(), len);
+         buf[0]=buf[len]='\n'; // Start and end with a end of line
+         buf[len+1]=buf[len+2]='\0'; // Two NUL characters at end
+     }
+diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' kdebase-3.5.8/kioslave/man/kio_man.h kdebase-3.5.8.new/kioslave/man/kio_man.h
+--- kdebase-3.5.8/kioslave/man/kio_man.h	2005-10-10 16:04:01.000000000 +0100
++++ kdebase-3.5.8.new/kioslave/man/kio_man.h	2008-01-31 12:44:49.000000000 +0000
+@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
+ 
+ private slots:
+   void slotGetStdOutput(KProcess*, char*, int);
++  void slotGetStdOutputUtf8(KProcess*, char*, int);
+     
+ private:
+     void checkManPaths();