Index: trunk/psphot/src/psphotBasicDeblend.c
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--- trunk/psphot/src/psphotBasicDeblend.c	(revision 5828)
+++ trunk/psphot/src/psphotBasicDeblend.c	(revision 5986)
@@ -132,4 +132,8 @@
     }
     psLogMsg ("psphot.deblend", 3, "identified %d blended objects (%f sec)\n", Nblend, psTimerMark ("psphot"));
+
+    char *breakPt = psMetadataLookupPtr (&status, config, "BREAK_POINT");
+    if (!strcasecmp (breakPt, "DEBLEND")) exit (0);
+
     return true;
 }