fix(polkit): use /etc/polkit-1/actions for policy on immutable distros#1536
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On immutable Linux distros (Fedora Silverblue, openSUSE Kalimba, etc.), /usr is mounted read-only, so writing polkit policy files to /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/ fails. Per the polkit specification, /etc/polkit-1/actions/ is the correct location for locally-installed policy overrides. Change the polkit policy path to prefer /etc/polkit-1/actions/ (writable local override dir) with fallback to /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/ (vendor dir). Both directories are searched when checking for existing policies. Closes raspberrypi#1413
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/usris mounted read-only, so writing polkit policy files to/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/fails silently/etc/polkit-1/actions/(local override dir, writable on immutable distros) with fallback to/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/(vendor dir)/etc/polkit-1/actions/with parent (running as root)Closes #1413