Arch ABS

The Archlinux ABS system allows you to modify and alter/recompile packages from the official repos.

Documentation

official docs	https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Build_System
package index	https://archlinux.org/packages/

Install

pacman -S asp    # tool to checkout specific port

Usage

asp/git method

asp list-all            # list all ports
asp checkout ${PKG}     # downloads to current dir

# update pkg
cd ${PKG} && \
  asp update && \
  git pull

# Modify PKGBUILD (ex: update CFLAGS)

# build the package
cd ${PKG}/trunk && \
  makepkg -s
  sudo pacman -U *.tar.xz

svn method

sudo pacman -S svn
cd /home
svn checkout --depth=empty svn://svn.archlinux.org/packages

cd packages
svn update <package_name>               # grab latest
svn log    <package_name>   | less      # determine package release you want
svn update -r1729 <package_name>        # checkout specific package release

# build the package as you normally would
cd <package_name>/trunk
makepkg -s
sudo pacman -U *.tar.xz