Create service path directories

[MikeMcQuaid]

Fixes #22501

• Avoid service startup failures when explicit DSL paths need dirs
• Keep creation scoped to service block path fields
• Cover path inference and load-time creation in service specs

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Code Coverage Overview

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Ruby / code-coverage/simplecov

The overall coverage in the services-create-path... branch is 78%. The coverage in the main branch is 74%.

Show a code coverage summary of the most impacted files.

File	main 53d2800	services-create-path... de90a6f	+/-
cask/cask_loader.rb	65%	96%	+31%
cask/audit.rb	25%	63%	+38%
extend/os/mac/keg_relocate.rb	0%	55%	+55%
extend/os/mac/diagnostic.rb	0%	57%	+57%
cask/artifact/a...ct_uninstall.rb	32%	89%	+57%
cask/installer.rb	28%	91%	+63%
os/mac/xcode.rb	0%	70%	+70%
extend/os/mac/e...nd/ENV/super.rb	0%	91%	+91%
extend/os/mac/sandbox.rb	0%	92%	+92%
cask/info.rb	0%	96%	+96%

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