snap/hamster question

[Oliver Grawert]

hi,
Am Sonntag, dem 29.01.2023 um 20:47 +1100 schrieb Karl Auer:
> I use a time management tool called Hamster. With earlier versions,
> installed as a normal package, I was able to find the code and
> modify it to tweak a few things. Now it seems to be distributed only
> as
> a snap. The developer-provided Ubuntu package names don't exist.
> 
> I have found the (python) source code inside the snap; an example
> path is:
> 
> 
the magic runes to hack a snap are:

$ cp /snap/hamster-snap/56/usr/lib/python3/dist-
packages/hamster/reports.py .

... now you edit reports.py

$ sudo mount --bind ./reports.py /snap/hamster-
snap/56/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/hamster/reports.py

... i.e. you can always bind-mount changed files on top of a snap ... 

for making a change like this permanent you should then create a
systemd mount unit that starts after the snap mount unit for the
respective snap (check /etc/systemd/system for generated mount units)
... indeed, if the snap underneath you changes in incompatible ways
things will break ...

ciao
	oli
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