---
name: "botch-build-fixpoint"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "botch"
version: "0.24-6+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/botch-build-fixpoint"
---

# botch-build-fixpoint(1)

find build order until dependency cycles occur

## NAME

botch-build-fixpoint - find build order until dependency cycles occur

## SYNOPSIS

- **botch-build-fixpoint** \[options\] **--available=***AvailablePackages* *Packages..* *Sources*

  ## DESCRIPTION

Given a list of source packages *Sources*, return the list of binary packages that can be built without having to break a dependency cycle. The algorithm repeatedly attempts to satisfy build dependencies of all source packages using the available binary packages from *AvailablePackages* and adds the binary packages of those source packages that satisfy their build dependencies to the set of available binary packages.

## OPTIONS

- **--version**

  show program's version and exit

- **-h, --help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-v, --verbose**

  print additional information

- **--quiet**

  do no print any messages

- **-A, --available=***AvailablePackages*

  List of available packages (arch:all, crossed...) in control file format (setting this argument is required). Packages in this list have to be part of *Packages*.

- **--deb-drop-b-d-indep**

  Drop Build-Depends-Indep dependencies

- **--deb-drop-b-d-arch**

  Drop Build-Depends-Arch dependencies

- **--allowsrcmismatch**

  If a binary package is without a source package but there is a source package of same name but different version, match this binary package to that source package.

- **--output-order=***FILE*

  instead of stderr, write the calculated build order to this file.

- **--fg=***PKGS*

  Additional Packages lists that are checked and used for resolving dependencies (can be repeated)

- **--bg=***PKGS*

  Additional Packages lists that are NOT checked but used for resolving dependencies (can be repeated)

- **-o, --outfile=***FILE*

  Set the output file *FILE*

- **--deb-native-arch=***ARCH*

  Native architecture *ARCH*

- **--deb-host-arch=***arch*

  Host architecture *arch*. Defaults to native architecture.

- **--deb-foreign-archs=***archs*

  Comma-separated foreign architectures in addition to native and host architectures.

## EXAMPLE

Calculate the source packages that can be built in a given state:

```
 botch-build-fixpoint --deb-native-arch=amd64 --available packages-arch-all --output-order=order.lst packages sources
```

## BUGS

See \<http://bugs.debian.org/botch\>.

## SEE ALSO

Debian doc-base Manual */usr/share/doc/botch/wiki/Home.html*

## AUTHOR

This man page was written by Johannes Schauer. Botch is written by Johannes Schauer and Pietro Abate.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2012-2014 Johannes Schauer, Pietro Abate

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. A special linking exception to the GNU Lesser General Public License applies to this library, see the COPYING file for more information.