Re: [gentoo-user] Getting tar to keep going

[Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>]

On Tuesday 5 November 2024 16:27:57 GMT Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 11/5/24 9:38 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > The Network Manager man page says to 'chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf',
> > so I did, and that one move enabled the wireless network to work as
> > it should.
> 
> What?!?!?!  Network Manager can't be made to keep it's hands off of
> /etc/resolv.conf so the workaround is to leverage file system features
> to break Network Manager's hands when it tries to touch the file?
> 
> That's a hell of a bad design in my opinion.

Yes, I thought it might raise a laugh...

> The tar error will be related to the restore / write to disk, not
> reading from ""tape or command error.

I see what you mean: in my case, tar needs an --ignore-failed-write option.

> You might explore an option to cause tar to exclude /etc/resolv.conf
> from the restore job.  I'm not sure what that would look like as I'm
> usually only messing with exclude during backups.

There is an --exclude option; I can use that.

> You might be able to mess with some even more esoteric (bind) mount
> options, but that will be quite similar to the chattr dance.
> 
> I'd go smack Network Manager with a bigger bat.

I'll hold your coat...   :)

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Regards,
Peter.