New user option tramp-inhibit-errors-if-setting-file-attributes-fail

* doc/misc/tramp.texi (Frequently Asked Questions):
Explain tramp-inhibit-errors-if-setting-file-attributes-fail.

* lisp/net/tramp.el
(tramp-inhibit-errors-if-setting-file-attributes-fail): New defcustom.
(tramp-skeleton-set-file-modes-times-uid-gid): Use it.

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
index 131a23b7423..b503ce13373 100644
--- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
@@ -5888,6 +5888,17 @@ as above in your @file{~/.emacs}:
 
 
 @item
+How to ignore errors when changing file attributes?
+
+@vindex tramp-inhibit-errors-if-setting-file-attributes-fail
+Sometimes, for example while saving remote files, errors appear when
+changing file attributes like permissions, time stamps, or ownership.
+If these errors can be ignored, set user option
+@code{tramp-inhibit-errors-if-setting-file-attributes-fail} to a
+non-@code{nil} value.  This transforms the error into a warning.
+
+
+@item
 How to disable other packages from calling @value{tramp}?
 
 There are packages that call @value{tramp} without the user ever
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp.el b/lisp/net/tramp.el
index 5b101000926..34a636ab97d 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp.el
@@ -3533,6 +3533,11 @@ on the same host.  Otherwise, TARGET is quoted."
 
        ,@body)))
 
+(defcustom tramp-inhibit-errors-if-setting-file-attributes-fail nil
+  "Whether to warn only if `tramp-*-set-file-{modes,times,uid-gid}' fails."
+  :version "30.1"
+  :type 'boolean)
+
 (defmacro tramp-skeleton-set-file-modes-times-uid-gid
     (filename &rest body)
   "Skeleton for `tramp-*-set-file-{modes,times,uid-gid}'.
@@ -3548,7 +3553,11 @@ BODY is the backend specific code."
          ;; "file-writable-p".
          '("file-directory-p" "file-exists-p" "file-symlinkp" "file-truename")
        (tramp-flush-file-properties v localname))
-     ,@body))
+     (condition-case err
+         (progn ,@body)
+       (error (if tramp-inhibit-errors-if-setting-file-attributes-fail
+                  (display-warning 'tramp (error-message-string err))
+                (signal (car err) (cdr err)))))))
 
 (defmacro tramp-skeleton-write-region
   (start end filename append visit lockname mustbenew &rest body)