MapInfo layer error when loaded from zipfile

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Author Name: Paolo Cavallini (@pcav)
Original Redmine Issue: 11869
Affected QGIS version: 2.6.1
Redmine category:data_provider

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Loading a shp form a zipfile works smoothly. On the contrary, a MapInfo file (.tab) throws an error (Layer not valid).

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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is a QGIS problem or a OGR one?

here the following test fails with ogr

giovanni@sibirica:~/Desktop > ogrinfo -ro -al -so /vsizip/Worldcap.zip/WORLDCAP.TAB
FAILURE:
Unable to open datasource `/vsizip/Worldcap.zip/WORLDCAP.TAB' with the following drivers.
-> ESRI Shapefile
-> MapInfo File
...
...
...

where after unipping the folder the file WORLDCAP.TAB open just fine.

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• status_id was changed from Open to Feedback

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Author Name: Paolo Cavallini (@pcav)

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In fact it is not supported by OGR, see:
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/UserDocs/ReadInZip
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2011-April/028384.html
Maybe better make them gray and not draggable.

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• priority_id was changed from Normal to Low

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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Maybe better make them gray and not draggable.

this would not solve entirely the issue as the zip layer can be dragged and dropped also from a system folder, or added using the standard "add vector layer" dialog.

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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I guess this should be closed as fixed upstream

http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2014-December/036070.html

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Author Name: Paolo Cavallini (@pcav)

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• resolution was changed from to up/downstream
• status_id was changed from Feedback to Closed