RFE: ability to override (maybe mask) portable services in /usr through /var, and suchlike
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Description
portablectl/portabled should follow our usual semantics of drop-ins overriding each other in /usr, /var, /run and so on.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the portablectl and portabled entry points that handle portable services and compare their drop-in lookup behavior with the project's usual /usr, /var, and /run semantics. Done means portable services support the requested override or masking behavior across those locations, with the resulting precedence defined and verified.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, linux
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100