Index: libnautilus-private/nautilus-dnd.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gnome/nautilus/libnautilus-private/nautilus-dnd.c,v
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -p -u -r1.22 nautilus-dnd.c
--- libnautilus-private/nautilus-dnd.c	28 Jul 2005 12:26:17 -0000	1.22
+++ libnautilus-private/nautilus-dnd.c	6 Aug 2006 23:22:10 -0000
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #include "nautilus-dnd.h"
 
+#include "nautilus-file-utilities.h"
 #include "nautilus-program-choosing.h"
 #include "nautilus-link.h"
 #include <eel/eel-glib-extensions.h>
@@ -368,6 +369,9 @@ nautilus_drag_default_drop_action_for_ic
 		desktop_uri = nautilus_get_desktop_directory_uri ();
 		target_uri = gnome_vfs_uri_new (desktop_uri);
 		g_free (desktop_uri);
+	} else if (nautilus_is_archiver_file (target_uri_string)) {
+		*action = GDK_ACTION_LINK;
+		return;
 	} else {
 		target_uri = gnome_vfs_uri_new (target_uri_string);
 	}
Index: libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-dnd.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gnome/nautilus/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-dnd.c,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -p -u -r1.7 nautilus-file-dnd.c
--- libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-dnd.c	12 Dec 2005 16:59:10 -0000	1.7
+++ libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-dnd.c	6 Aug 2006 23:22:10 -0000
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <config.h>
 #include "nautilus-file-dnd.h"
+#include "nautilus-file-utilities.h"
 #include "nautilus-desktop-icon-file.h"
 
 #include "nautilus-dnd.h"
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ nautilus_drag_can_accept_item (NautilusF
 nautilus_drag_can_accept_files (NautilusFile *drop_target_item)
 {
 	NautilusDirectory *directory;
+	char *uri;
 
 	if (nautilus_file_is_directory (drop_target_item)) {
 		gboolean res;
@@ -66,6 +68,13 @@ nautilus_drag_can_accept_item (NautilusF
 		return TRUE;
 	}
 	
+	uri = nautilus_file_get_uri (drop_target_item);
+
+	if (nautilus_is_archiver_file (uri)) {
+		g_free (uri);
+		return TRUE;
+	}
+	g_free (uri);
 	return FALSE;
 }
 					       
Index: libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-utilities.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gnome/nautilus/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-utilities.c,v
retrieving revision 1.128
diff -p -u -r1.128 nautilus-file-utilities.c
--- libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-utilities.c	12 Dec 2005 16:59:10 -0000	1.128
+++ libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-utilities.c	6 Aug 2006 23:22:11 -0000
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@
 #define LEGACY_DESKTOP_DIRECTORY_NAME ".gnome-desktop"
 #define DEFAULT_DESKTOP_DIRECTORY_MODE (0755)
 
+#define FILE_ROLLER_SUPPORTED_ARCHIVERS	"tar.gz",\
+					"tgz",\
+					"tar.bz2",\
+					"zip",\
+					"tar",\
+					"7z",\
+					"rar",\
+					"jar",\
+					"war",\
+					"ear",\
+					"arj"
+
 
 char *
 nautilus_compute_title_for_uri (const char *text_uri)
@@ -581,6 +593,24 @@ nautilus_get_uri_shortname_for_display (
 	}
 
 	return name;
+}
+
+gboolean
+nautilus_is_archiver_file (const char *uri)
+{
+	int i,tot;
+	g_return_val_if_fail (uri != NULL, FALSE);
+
+	static const char* archivers [] = { FILE_ROLLER_SUPPORTED_ARCHIVERS };
+	
+	tot = G_N_ELEMENTS (archivers);
+	for (i=0;i<tot;i++) {
+		if (g_strrstr (uri, archivers[i]) != NULL) {
+			return TRUE;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return FALSE;
 }
 
 #if !defined (NAUTILUS_OMIT_SELF_CHECK)
Index: libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-utilities.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gnome/nautilus/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-utilities.h,v
retrieving revision 1.58
diff -p -u -r1.58 nautilus-file-utilities.h
--- libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-utilities.h	12 Dec 2005 16:59:10 -0000	1.58
+++ libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-utilities.h	6 Aug 2006 23:22:11 -0000
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ gboolean nautilus_is_desktop_directory_f
 gboolean nautilus_is_desktop_directory_escaped       (char *escaped_dir);
 gboolean nautilus_is_home_directory_file_escaped     (char *escaped_dirname,
 						      char *escaped_file);
+gboolean nautilus_is_archiver_file		     (const char *uri);
 char *   nautilus_get_gmc_desktop_directory          (void);
 char *   nautilus_get_pixmap_directory               (void);
 
Index: libnautilus-private/nautilus-icon-dnd.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gnome/nautilus/libnautilus-private/nautilus-icon-dnd.c,v
retrieving revision 1.150
diff -p -u -r1.150 nautilus-icon-dnd.c
--- libnautilus-private/nautilus-icon-dnd.c	19 Sep 2005 09:59:50 -0000	1.150
+++ libnautilus-private/nautilus-icon-dnd.c	6 Aug 2006 23:22:20 -0000
@@ -1072,6 +1072,33 @@ nautilus_icon_container_receive_dropped_
 
 		if (local_move_only) {
 			handle_local_move (container, world_x, world_y);
+		} else if (context->action == GDK_ACTION_LINK && nautilus_is_archiver_file (drop_target)) {
+			//file-roller only handles local files (no gnomevfs support yet)
+			if (g_str_has_prefix (drop_target,"file://") && 
+				g_str_has_prefix (((NautilusDragSelectionItem *) 
+					container->details->dnd_info->drag_info.selection_list->data)->uri,"file://")) {
+				GList *p;
+				char *command, *tmp, *tmp2, *tmp3;
+				tmp = gnome_vfs_get_local_path_from_uri (drop_target);
+				tmp2 = g_shell_quote (tmp);
+				command = g_strconcat ("file-roller -a ", tmp2, NULL);
+				g_free (tmp);
+				g_free (tmp2);
+				for (p = container->details->dnd_info->drag_info.selection_list; p;p = p->next) {
+					tmp = gnome_vfs_get_local_path_from_uri (
+						((NautilusDragSelectionItem *) p->data)->uri);
+					tmp2 = g_shell_quote (tmp);
+					tmp3 = g_strconcat (command, " ", tmp2, NULL);
+					g_free (command);
+					command = tmp3;
+					tmp3 = NULL;
+					g_free (tmp);
+					g_free (tmp2);
+				} 
+				eel_gnome_shell_execute_on_screen (command, 
+							gtk_widget_get_screen (GTK_WIDGET (container)));
+				g_free (command);
+			}
 		} else {
 			handle_nonlocal_move (container, context, world_x, world_y, drop_target, icon_hit);
 		}
