[arch-general] Possible to "inherit" from a package?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 07:50:49 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 07:17:20 +0200, Peter Nabbefeld wrote:  
>>Just to add a build option, I wonder if there's a concept of
>>"inheriting" from a package build, so I'd only add the config
>>option?    
>
>https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Build_System#Retrieve_PKGBUILD_source_using_Git
>
>$ asp update
>$ asp checkout dovecot
>$ cd dovecot/trunk/
>$ $EDITOR PKGBUILD
>
>Assuming all make dependencies and required signatures are available  
                                             ^^^^^^^^^^ keys ;)
>continue with
>
>$ makepkg -s