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Attempt ID 02yg8eybegzct Attempt group run-16-09-22-05
Revision fb5c74bd2fee AWS Instance m8i.2xlarge
Start time 2025-09-16T20:14:51.889Z End time 2025-09-16T20:17:22.045Z
Task jq-windows Environment ubuntu-22.04-amd64-wine
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User msg after tool call true Max tool calls 100
Total timeout seconds 2400 Single command timeout 1200
Cost $0.210 Duration 2m23s
LLM inference time 1m50s Command execution time 33s
Final context tokens 19,470 Total output tokens 4,575
Output reasoning tokens 2,018 Messages 45
Assistant messages 22 User messages 1
System messages 1 Commands executed 21
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Task
Task: jq-windows

jq 1.8.1 is a command-line JSON utility for viewing and transforming JSON.
Project link: github.com/jqlang/jq

Task:
Compile and install jq to a specific location. Cross-compile to Windows, link it statically.

Difficulties:
Cross-compilation to Windows, setting up the cross-compilation toolchain (compilers, etc), making sure that there are no dynamic libraries.

Environment:
Ubuntu 22.04 on amd64, with internet access.

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SYSTEM

You are a package-building specialist operating a Ubuntu 22.04 bash shell via one tool: run_terminal_cmd.
The current working directory of every run_terminal_cmd is /home/peter.
Execution rules:
- Always pass non-interactive flags for any command that could prompt (e.g., -y, --yes, DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive).
- Don't include any newlines in the command.
- You can use sudo.
If you encounter any errors or issues while doing the user's request, you must fix them and continue the task.
At the end verify you did the user request correctly.

USER

You are given jq v1.8.1 source code at jq.tar.gz. Please compile the jq package for amd64 Windows and install it to /home/peter/result/jq.exe. Build it statically.

ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

I need to compile jq v1.8.1 source code for amd64 Windows and install it statically to /home/peter/result/jq.exe. Let me break this down:

1. First, I need to extract the jq.tar.gz file
2. Install cross-compilation tools for Windows (mingw-w64)
3. Configure and compile jq statically for Windows amd64
4. Install the result to /home/peter/result/jq.exe

Let me start by checking what's in the current directory and extracting the source code.

I'll help you compile jq v1.8.1 for amd64 Windows and install it statically. Let me start by checking what's available and extracting the source code.

compile-bench> ls -la
total 2004
drwxr-x--- 1 peter peter    4096 Sep 16 20:14 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root  root     4096 Sep 15 11:21 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter     220 Jan  6  2022 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    3771 Jan  6  2022 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter     807 Jan  6  2022 .profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 2026798 Sep 16 20:14 jq.tar.gz
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ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

The user has provided jq v1.8.1 source code in jq.tar.gz and wants me to:
1. Compile jq for amd64 Windows
2. Build it statically
3. Install it to /home/peter/result/jq.exe

To do this, I need to:
1. Extract the source code
2. Install cross-compilation tools for Windows (mingw-w64)
3. Configure and build jq for Windows target
4. Create the result directory
5. Copy the compiled executable to the target location

Let me start by extracting the source code and then setting up the cross-compilation environment.

Now let me extract the source code and set up the cross-compilation environment for Windows.

compile-bench> tar -xzf jq.tar.gz
[empty output]
ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

Let me check what was extracted and then proceed with setting up the cross-compilation environment for Windows.

compile-bench> ls -la
total 2008
drwxr-x--- 1 peter peter    4096 Sep 16 20:15 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root  root     4096 Sep 15 11:21 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter     220 Jan  6  2022 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    3771 Jan  6  2022 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter     807 Jan  6  2022 .profile
drwxr-xr-x 9 peter peter    4096 Jul  1 11:40 jq-1.8.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 2026798 Sep 16 20:14 jq.tar.gz
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ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

Good, the jq source code has been extracted into the jq-1.8.1 directory. Now I need to:

1. Install the necessary cross-compilation tools for Windows (mingw-w64)
2. Set up the build environment
3. Configure jq to build statically for Windows amd64
4. Compile it
5. Install the result to /home/peter/result/jq.exe

Let me start by installing the cross-compilation tools and checking what's in the jq directory.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && ls -la
total 1184
drwxr-xr-x 9 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 .
drwxr-x--- 1 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 20:15 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  10686 Jul  1 11:39 AUTHORS
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   7887 Jul  1 11:39 COPYING
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  33286 Jul  1 11:39 ChangeLog
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-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  75461 Jul  1 11:39 Makefile.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  24670 Jul  1 11:39 NEWS.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   2434 Jul  1 11:39 README.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  46459 Jul  1 11:39 aclocal.m4
drwxr-xr-x 3 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 665647 Jul  1 11:39 configure
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   9881 Jul  1 11:39 configure.ac
drwxr-xr-x 5 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 docs
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 124253 Jul  1 11:39 jq.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 124253 Jul  1 11:39 jq.1.prebuilt
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   1431 Jul  1 11:39 jq.spec
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    255 Jul  1 11:39 libjq.pc
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    246 Jul  1 11:39 libjq.pc.in
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 m4
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 scripts
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 src
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 tests
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 vendor
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ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

The user wants me to compile jq v1.8.1 for amd64 Windows and install it statically to /home/peter/result/jq.exe. I need to:

1. First install the necessary cross-compilation tools for Windows
2. Set up the build environment
3. Configure jq to build for Windows with static linking
4. Build it
5. Install to the specified location

Let me start by installing the cross-compilation tools.

Now I need to install the cross-compilation tools for Windows and set up the build environment. Let me install the mingw-w64 cross-compiler:

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ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

The user wants me to compile jq v1.8.1 for amd64 Windows and install it statically to /home/peter/result/jq.exe. I need to:

1. Install mingw-w64 cross-compiler for Windows
2. Install necessary build dependencies
3. Configure jq for cross-compilation to Windows
4. Build it statically
5. Install the result to /home/peter/result/jq.exe

Let me continue with installing the cross-compiler.

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ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

Great! I've installed the cross-compilation tools for Windows. Now I need to create the result directory and configure jq to cross-compile for Windows. Let me check what the configure script options are and then set up the build.

The key steps will be:
1. Create the result directory
2. Configure jq with the Windows cross-compiler
3. Build it statically
4. Install it to the specified location

Let me first create the result directory and then check the configure options.

Now let me create the result directory and configure jq for cross-compilation to Windows:

compile-bench> mkdir -p /home/peter/result
[empty output]
ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

Now I need to configure and build jq for Windows. First, I should check if the configure script is present and if autoreconf is needed. Then I'll configure it for cross-compilation to Windows with static linking.

Let me check the jq source directory and see what build system it uses.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && ls -la configure*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 665647 Jul  1 11:39 configure
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   9881 Jul  1 11:39 configure.ac
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ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

I need to cross-compile jq for Windows x86_64. I have the mingw-w64 cross-compiler installed. Now I need to configure jq to build for Windows. Let me first check what the configure script supports and then set up the cross-compilation.

I'll need to:
1. Configure with the appropriate host and build flags for cross-compilation
2. Set the CC and other environment variables to use the mingw cross-compiler
3. Make sure to build statically linked
4. Build and install to the result directory

Let me start by configuring for cross-compilation.

Now let me configure jq for cross-compilation to Windows with static linking:

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc CFLAGS="-static -O2" LDFLAGS="-static" ./configure --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-maintainer-mode --prefix=/home/peter/result
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checking dynamic linker characteristics... Win32 ld.exe
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configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating test/Makefile
config.status: creating sample/Makefile
config.status: creating onig-config
config.status: creating src/config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
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The configure script seems to have succeeded. Now I need to build jq. Let me check if the build process completed successfully and then run make to compile jq.

Now let me build jq:

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make -j$(nproc)
mkdir -p src
mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/builtin.inc
  GEN      src/config_opts.inc
mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/version.h
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
Making all in vendor/oniguruma
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
Making all in src
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make  all-am
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c -o regparse.lo regparse.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c -o regcomp.lo regcomp.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c -o regexec.lo regexec.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c -o regenc.lo regenc.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c -o regerror.lo regerror.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -O2 -MT regext.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regext.Tpo -c -o regext.lo regext.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -O2 -MT regsyntax.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regsyntax.Tpo -c -o regsyntax.lo regsyntax.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -O2 -MT regtrav.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regtrav.Tpo -c -o regtrav.lo regtrav.c
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c regparse.c -o regparse.o
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c regexec.c -o regexec.o
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c regenc.c -o regenc.o
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c regcomp.c -o regcomp.o
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c regerror.c -o regerror.o
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -MT regext.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regext.Tpo -c regext.c -o regext.o
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -MT regtrav.
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uilding static only
libtool: link: x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar cr .libs/libonig.a  regparse.o regcomp.o regexec.o regenc.o regerror.o regext.o regsyntax.o regtrav.o regversion.o st.o reggnu.o unicode.o unicode_unfold_key.o unicode_fold1_key.o unicode_fold2_key.o unicode_fold3_key.o ascii.o utf8.o utf16_be.o utf16_le.o utf32_be.o utf32_le.o euc_jp.o euc_jp_prop.o sjis.o sjis_prop.o iso8859_1.o iso8859_2.o iso8859_3.o iso8859_4.o iso8859_5.o iso8859_6.o iso8859_7.o iso8859_8.o iso8859_9.o iso8859_10.o iso8859_11.o iso8859_13.o iso8859_14.o iso8859_15.o iso8859_16.o euc_tw.o euc_kr.o big5.o gb18030.o koi8_r.o cp1251.o onig_init.o
libtool: link: x86_64-w64-mingw32-ranlib .libs/libonig.a
libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" && rm -f "libonig.la" && ln -s "../libonig.la" "libonig.la" )
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
Making all in test
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
Making all in sample
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
sed -e 's,[@]datadir[@],/home/peter/result/share,g' -e 's,[@]datarootdir[@],/home/peter/result/share,g' -e 's,[@]PACKAGE_VERSION[@],6.9.10,g' -e 's,[@]prefix[@],/home/peter/result,g' -e 's,[@]exec_prefix[@],/home/peter/result,g' -e 's,[@]libdir[@],/home/peter/result/lib,g' -e 's,[@]includedir[@],/home/peter/result/include,g' < ./oniguruma.pc.in > oniguruma.pc
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
  CC       src/builtin.lo
  CC       src/bytecode.lo
  CC       src/compile.lo
  CC       src/execute.lo
  CC       src/jq_test.lo
  CC       src/jv.lo
  CC       src/jv_alloc.lo
  CC       src/jv_aux.lo
  CC       src/jv_dtoa.lo
  CC       src/jv_file.lo
  CC       src/jv_parse.lo
  CC       src/jv_print.lo
  CC       src/jv_unicode.lo
  CC       src/linker.lo
  CC       src/locfile.lo
  CC       src/util.lo
  CC       src/jv_dtoa_tsd.lo
  CC       vendor/decNumber/decContext.lo
  CC       vendor/decNumber/decNumber.lo
  CC       src/lexer.lo
  CC       src/parser.lo
mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/version.h
  CC       src/main.o
src/main.c:21:1: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype [ttps://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Warning-Options.html#index-Wstrict-prototypes-Wstrict-prototypes]8;;]
   21 | extern void jv_tsd_dtoa_ctx_init();
      | ^~~~~~
  CCLD     libjq.la
  CCLD     jq.exe
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
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Great! The build was successful. I can see that jq.exe was created (as shown in the last line "CCLD jq.exe"). Now I need to install it to the specified location /home/peter/result/jq.exe. Let me check if the binary was created and then copy it to the result directory.

Perfect! The build completed successfully. Now let me check if the jq.exe binary was created and install it to the specified location:

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && ls -la jq.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1684574 Sep 16 20:16 jq.exe
ASSISTANT
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Great! The jq.exe binary was successfully compiled. Now I need to copy it to the specified location /home/peter/result/jq.exe. Let me also verify that it's built statically by checking if it has any Windows DLL dependencies.

compile-bench> cp jq-1.8.1/jq.exe /home/peter/result/jq.exe
[empty output]
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Now let me verify that the executable was successfully installed and that it's properly built for Windows. I should also check that it's statically linked as requested.

Now let me verify the installation and check that the binary is properly built for Windows:

compile-bench> ls -la /home/peter/result/jq.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1684574 Sep 16 20:16 /home/peter/result/jq.exe
ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

The user asked me to compile jq v1.8.1 for amd64 Windows and install it to /home/peter/result/jq.exe with static linking. Let me verify that I've completed this task correctly:

1. ✅ I extracted the jq.tar.gz source code
2. ✅ I installed the cross-compilation tools (gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64)
3. ✅ I configured jq for cross-compilation to Windows with static linking using:
- CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
- CFLAGS="-static -O2"
- LDFLAGS="-static"
- --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
- --enable-static --disable-shared
4. ✅ I built the project successfully with make
5. ✅ I copied the resulting jq.exe to /home/peter/result/jq.exe

Let me verify that the binary is indeed a Windows executable and check if it's statically linked:

Let me verify that the binary is correctly built for Windows and is statically linked:

compile-bench> file /home/peter/result/jq.exe
/home/peter/result/jq.exe: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows
ASSISTANT
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Perfect! Let me check if it's statically linked by looking at the dependencies. With Windows PE executables, I can check if it has minimal dependencies.

compile-bench> x86_64-w64-mingw32-objdump -p /home/peter/result/jq.exe | grep "DLL Name"
	DLL Name: KERNEL32.dll
	DLL Name: msvcrt.dll
	DLL Name: libwinpthread-1.dll
	DLL Name: SHLWAPI.dll
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ASSISTANT
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The user asked for a statically linked binary, but I can see that the jq.exe still has some DLL dependencies. The dependencies shown are:
- KERNEL32.dll (Windows system library - always needed)
- msvcrt.dll (Microsoft C Runtime - usually present on Windows)
- libwinpthread-1.dll (pthread library - this shouldn't be there for a fully static build)
- SHLWAPI.dll (Windows shell API - system library)

The presence of libwinpthread-1.dll suggests the build isn't fully static. Let me try to rebuild with more aggressive static linking flags.

I notice the binary still has some DLL dependencies, including libwinpthread-1.dll. Let me rebuild with more aggressive static linking to make it fully static:

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make clean
Making clean in vendor/oniguruma
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
Making clean in src
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
test -z "libonig.la" || rm -f libonig.la
rm -f ./so_locations
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
Making clean in test
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
 rm -f test_utf8.exe test_syntax.exe test_options.exe testc.exe testcu.exe test_regset.exe test_back.exe
 rm -f test_utf8 test_syntax test_options testc testcu test_regset test_back
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
test -z "test_utf8.log test_syntax.log test_options.log testc.log testcu.log test_regset.log test_back.log" || rm -f test_utf8.log test_syntax.log test_options.log testc.log testcu.log test_regset.log test_back.log
test -z "test_utf8.trs test_syntax.trs test_options.trs testc.trs testcu.trs test_regset.trs test_back.trs" || rm -f test_utf8.trs test_syntax.trs test_options.trs testc.trs testcu.trs test_regset.trs test_back.trs
test -z "test-suite.log" || rm -f test-suite.log
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
Making clean in sample
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
 rm -f encode.exe listcap.exe names.exe simple.exe sql.exe syntax.exe user_property.exe callout.exe echo.exe count.exe bug_fix.exe regset.exe scan.exe callback_each_match.exe
 rm -f encode listcap names simple sql syntax user_property callout echo count bug_fix regset scan callback_each_match
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
test -z "encode.log listcap.log names.log simple.log sql.log syntax.log user_property.log callout.log echo.log count.log bug_fix.log regset.log scan.log callback_each_match.log" || rm -f encode.log listcap.log names.log simple.log sql.log syntax.log user_property.log callout.log echo.log count.log bug_fix.log regset.log scan.log callback_each_match.log
test -z "encode.trs listcap.trs names.trs simple.trs sql.trs syntax.trs user_property.trs callout.trs echo.trs count.trs bug_fix.trs regset.trs scan.trs callback_each_match.trs" || rm -f encode.trs listcap.trs names.trs simple.trs sql.trs syntax.trs user_property.trs callout.trs echo.trs count.trs bug_fix.trs regset.trs scan.trs callback_each_match.trs
test -z "test-suite.log" || rm -f test-suite.log
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
 rm -f jq.exe
 rm -f jq
test -z "src/version.h .remake-version-h src/builtin.inc src/config_opts.inc jq.1" || rm -f src/version.h .remake-version-h src/builtin.inc src/config_opts.inc jq.1
test -z "libjq.la " || rm -f libjq.la 
rm -f ./so_locations
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -rf src/.libs src/_libs
rm -rf vendor/decNumber/.libs vendor/decNumber/_libs
rm -f *.o
rm -f src/*.o
rm -f src/*.lo
rm -f vendor/decNumber/*.o
rm -f vendor/decNumber/*.lo
test -z "tests/mantest.log tests/jqtest.log tests/shtest.log tests/utf8test.log tests/base64test.log tests/uritest.log tests/onigtest.log tests/manonigtest.log" || rm -f tests/mantest.log tests/jqtest.log tests/shtest.log tests/utf8test.log tests/base64test.log tests/uritest.log tests/onigtest.log tests/manonigtest.log
test -z "tests/mantest.trs tests/jqtest.trs tests/shtest.trs tests/utf8test.trs tests/base64test.trs tests/uritest.trs tests/onigtest.trs tests/manonigtest.trs" || rm -f tests/mantest.trs tests/jqtest.trs tests/shtest.trs tests/utf8test.trs tests/base64test.trs tests/uritest.trs tests/onigtest.trs tests/manonigtest.trs
test -z "test-suite.log" || rm -f test-suite.log
rm -f *.lo
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
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I need to rebuild with more aggressive static linking flags. The binary still has some DLL dependencies like libwinpthread-1.dll which we want to avoid for a truly static build. Let me reconfigure with better static linking flags.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc CFLAGS="-static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -O2" LDFLAGS="-static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -Wl,-Bstatic -lpthread" ./configure --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-maintainer-mode --prefix=/home/peter/result
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc... x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe
checking for suffix of executables... .exe
checking whether we are cross compiling... yes
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... yes
checking whether x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc option to enable C11 features... none needed
checking whether x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking for stdio.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
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checking for sys/stat.h... yes
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checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking whether _XOPEN_SOURCE should be defined... no
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip... x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
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checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking dependency style of x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc... gcc3
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar... x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar
checking the archiver (x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar) interface... ar
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc... (cached) x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc option to enable C11 features... (cached) none needed
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checking how to run the C preprocessor... x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -E
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checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-w64-mingw32
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checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
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checking if the linker (/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-nm -B) interface... BSD n
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checking how to recognize dependent libraries... file_magic ^x86 archive import|^x86 DLL
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-dlltool... x86_64-w64-mingw32-dlltool
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... func_cygming_dll_for_implib
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar... x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip... (cached) x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-ranlib... x86_64-w64-mingw32-ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-nm -B output from x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for a working dd... /usr/bin/dd
checking how to truncate binary pipes... /usr/bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-mt... no
checking for mt... no
checking if : is a manifest tool... no
checking for stdio.h... yes
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checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
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checking if x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc option to produce PIC... -DDLL_EXPORT -DPIC
checking if x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc PIC flag -DDLL_EXPORT -DPIC works... yes
checking if x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc linker (/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... Win32 ld.exe
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... no
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for sys/times.h... no
checking size of int... 4
checking size of long... 4
checking size of long long... 8
checking size of void*... 8
checking for size_t... yes
checking for working alloca.h... no
checking for alloca... yes
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating test/Makefile
config.status: creating sample/Makefile
config.status: creating onig-config
config.status: creating src/config.h
config.status: src/config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
config.status: executing default commands
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The configuration succeeded. Now I need to build jq again with the more aggressive static linking options to reduce DLL dependencies.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make -j$(nproc)
mkdir -p src
mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/builtin.inc
  GEN      src/config_opts.inc
mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/version.h
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
Making all in vendor/oniguruma
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
Making all in src
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make  all-am
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c -o regparse.lo regparse.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c -o regcomp.lo regcomp.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c -o regexec.lo regexec.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c -o regenc.lo regenc.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c -o regerror.lo regerror.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -O2 -MT regext.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regext.Tpo -c -o regext.lo regext.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -O2 -MT regsyntax.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regsyntax.Tpo -c -o regsyntax.lo regsyntax.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -O2 -MT regtrav.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regtrav.Tpo -c -o regtrav.lo regtrav.c
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c regparse.c -o regparse.o
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -O2 -MT regsyntax.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regsyntax.Tpo -c regsyntax.c -o regsyntax.o
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c regcomp.c -o regcomp.o
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c r
[command output truncated]
w32 shared libraries; building static only
libtool: link: x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar cr .libs/libonig.a  regparse.o regcomp.o regexec.o regenc.o regerror.o regext.o regsyntax.o regtrav.o regversion.o st.o reggnu.o unicode.o unicode_unfold_key.o unicode_fold1_key.o unicode_fold2_key.o unicode_fold3_key.o ascii.o utf8.o utf16_be.o utf16_le.o utf32_be.o utf32_le.o euc_jp.o euc_jp_prop.o sjis.o sjis_prop.o iso8859_1.o iso8859_2.o iso8859_3.o iso8859_4.o iso8859_5.o iso8859_6.o iso8859_7.o iso8859_8.o iso8859_9.o iso8859_10.o iso8859_11.o iso8859_13.o iso8859_14.o iso8859_15.o iso8859_16.o euc_tw.o euc_kr.o big5.o gb18030.o koi8_r.o cp1251.o onig_init.o
libtool: link: x86_64-w64-mingw32-ranlib .libs/libonig.a
libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" && rm -f "libonig.la" && ln -s "../libonig.la" "libonig.la" )
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
Making all in test
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
Making all in sample
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
sed -e 's,[@]datadir[@],/home/peter/result/share,g' -e 's,[@]datarootdir[@],/home/peter/result/share,g' -e 's,[@]PACKAGE_VERSION[@],6.9.10,g' -e 's,[@]prefix[@],/home/peter/result,g' -e 's,[@]exec_prefix[@],/home/peter/result,g' -e 's,[@]libdir[@],/home/peter/result/lib,g' -e 's,[@]includedir[@],/home/peter/result/include,g' < ./oniguruma.pc.in > oniguruma.pc
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
  CC       src/builtin.lo
  CC       src/bytecode.lo
  CC       src/compile.lo
  CC       src/execute.lo
  CC       src/jq_test.lo
  CC       src/jv.lo
  CC       src/jv_alloc.lo
  CC       src/jv_aux.lo
  CC       src/jv_dtoa.lo
  CC       src/jv_file.lo
  CC       src/jv_parse.lo
  CC       src/jv_print.lo
  CC       src/jv_unicode.lo
  CC       src/linker.lo
  CC       src/locfile.lo
  CC       src/util.lo
  CC       src/jv_dtoa_tsd.lo
  CC       vendor/decNumber/decContext.lo
  CC       vendor/decNumber/decNumber.lo
  CC       src/lexer.lo
  CC       src/parser.lo
  GEN      jq.1
  CC       src/main.o
src/main.c:21:1: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype [ttps://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Warning-Options.html#index-Wstrict-prototypes-Wstrict-prototypes]8;;]
   21 | extern void jv_tsd_dtoa_ctx_init();
      | ^~~~~~
  CCLD     libjq.la
  CCLD     jq.exe
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
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The build completed successfully again. Let me copy the new jq.exe to the result directory and check if it's now more statically linked.

compile-bench> cp jq-1.8.1/jq.exe /home/peter/result/jq.exe
[empty output]
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Let me check if the static linking worked better this time by checking the DLL dependencies again.

compile-bench> x86_64-w64-mingw32-objdump -p /home/peter/result/jq.exe | grep "DLL Name"
	DLL Name: KERNEL32.dll
	DLL Name: msvcrt.dll
	DLL Name: SHLWAPI.dll
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The binary is much better now - we've removed the libwinpthread-1.dll dependency. The remaining DLL dependencies (KERNEL32.dll, msvcrt.dll, and SHLWAPI.dll) are standard Windows system libraries that are present on all Windows systems and are expected for native Windows executables. These are not dependencies that need to be bundled with the application.

Let me do a final verification to confirm the binary is correct and properly built.

Great! The binary is now much better. Let me do a final verification to confirm everything is correct:

compile-bench> ls -la /home/peter/result/jq.exe && file /home/peter/result/jq.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1913157 Sep 16 20:16 /home/peter/result/jq.exe
/home/peter/result/jq.exe: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows
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Let me verify that the task has been completed successfully:

1. ✅ I extracted the jq v1.8.1 source code from jq.tar.gz
2. ✅ I installed the necessary cross-compilation tools (mingw-w64)
3. ✅ I configured jq for cross-compilation to Windows amd64 with static linking
4. ✅ I built the jq package successfully
5. ✅ I installed the resulting jq.exe to /home/peter/result/jq.exe
6. ✅ I verified the binary is a PE32+ executable for Windows amd64
7. ✅ I confirmed it's mostly statically linked (only depends on system DLLs: KERNEL32.dll, msvcrt.dll, SHLWAPI.dll)

The binary size increased from ~1.68MB to ~1.91MB, which indicates more static linking was achieved. The remaining DLL dependencies (KERNEL32.dll, msvcrt.dll, SHLWAPI.dll) are standard Windows system libraries that are always present, so this is effectively a static build for practical purposes.

The task has been completed successfully.

Perfect! I have successfully completed the task. Here's a summary of what was accomplished:

Task Completion Summary

✅ Extracted source code: Successfully extracted jq v1.8.1 from jq.tar.gz

✅ Set up cross-compilation environment: Installed gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 and related tools for Windows cross-compilation

✅ Configured for static build: Used configuration flags:
- --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 for Windows target
- --enable-static --disable-shared for static linking
- CFLAGS="-static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -O2" for aggressive static linking
- LDFLAGS="-static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -Wl,-Bstatic -lpthread" for static dependencies

✅ Built successfully: Compiled jq without errors using make -j$(nproc)

✅ Installed to target location: The final binary is at /home/peter/result/jq.exe

Final Verification

- File: /home/peter/result/jq.exe (1,913,157 bytes)
- Architecture: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows
- Dependencies: Only essential Windows system DLLs (KERNEL32.dll, msvcrt.dll, SHLWAPI.dll)

The jq package has been successfully compiled for amd64 Windows with static linking and installed to the requested location. The binary is ready for use on Windows systems.

Task finished successfully, all checks passed!
Checks passed:
jq.exe is an amd64 Windows executable
jq help contains expected string
jq works