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

# botch-cross(1)

execute botch tools in the cross phase

## NAME

botch-cross - execute botch tools in the cross phase

## SYNOPSIS

- **botch-cross** \[options\] \[*buildarch* *hostarch* *buildpackages* *sources*\]

  ## DESCRIPTION

Use the botch tools to analyze the cross bootstrap phase.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Show help message

- **-k, --keep**

  Keep the temporary files

- **-w, --online**

  Produce stat.html for online consumption

- **-o, --output=***DIR*

  Output directory. Default is the current directory

- **-t, --tmp=***DIR*

  Temporary directory. Default is created by ***mktemp****(1)*

- **-G, --optgraph**

  Calculate a dependency graph where each installation set contains the minimal number of unavailable binary packages.

- **-T, --timers**

  time all program executions

- **-m, --allowsrcmismatch**

  Allow binary packages to be associated with a source package of a different version than themselves

- **-e, --ignoresrclessbin**

  Ignore binary packages without a source package.

- **-b, --sapsb**

  Calculate strong articulation points and bridges

- **-I, --deb-drop-b-d-indep**

  Drop Build-Depends-Indep dependencies.

- **-v, --verbose**

  Be more verbose

- **-d, --debug**

  Maximum verbosity

- **-D, --develop**

  Execute tools from the source checkout instead of *$PATH*

## FILES

The following files are created in the output directory:

- *buildgraph\_acyclic.xml*

  The output of botch-profile-build-fvs.

- *buildgraph.xml*

  The output of botch-create-graph.

- *cross.json*

  The output of botch-dose2html.

- *cyclic\_src:\*.xml*

  The strongly connected components created by botch-extract-scc.

- *fas*

  The standard output of botch-extract-scc.

- *feedback\_vertex\_set.list*

  The concatenated output of multiple runs of botch-find-fvs.

- *ma.diff*

  The output of botch-ma-diff.

- *order1.lst*

  The output of botch-build-fixpoint.

- *order2.lst*

  The output of botch-partial-order.

- *remove.list*

  The output of botch-fasofstats.

- *srcgraph\_acyclic.xml*

  *buildgraph\_acyclic.xml* converted by botch-buildgraph2srcgraph.

- *srcgraph.xml*

  *buildgraph.xml* converted by botch-buildgraph2srcgraph.

- *stats.html*

  The standard output of botch-stat-html

- *stats.json*

  The JSON output of botch-stat-html

## 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.