How to patch a broken snap locally? (changing base)

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Thank you for your quick response!

I’m able to repack spotify and it also launches normally. The bug is also gone.

Here are the steps that I took, for other people who might want the same thing:

  1. snap download spotify
  2. unsquashfs spotify_*.snap
  3. cd squashfs-root/
  4. Edit meta/snap.yaml to change base: core18 to base: core20
  5. cd ..
  6. snap pack ./squashfs-root
  7. snap install --dangerous spotify_1.1.84.716.gc5f8b819_amd64.snap (no need to remove existing spotify snap, the new one will install alright and inherits user data from the existing snap.)

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