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Performance
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LLM inference time2m10s
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Attempt ID 064sifofef33k Attempt group run-16-09-22-05
Revision fb5c74bd2fee AWS Instance m8i.2xlarge
Start time 2025-09-16T20:31:19.237Z End time 2025-09-16T20:34:29.144Z
Task coreutils-static Environment ubuntu-22.04-amd64-offline
Model gpt-5-mini-high logo gpt-5-mini-high OpenRouter slug openai/gpt-5-mini
Temperature 1 Explicit prompt caching false
User msg after tool call false Max tool calls 50
Total timeout seconds 900 Single command timeout 600
Cost $0.020 Duration 3m9s
LLM inference time 2m10s Command execution time 1m0s
Final context tokens 15,017 Total output tokens 5,642
Output reasoning tokens 4,736 Messages 27
Assistant messages 13 User messages 1
System messages 1 Commands executed 12
Task
Task: coreutils-static

GNU coreutils 9.7 is a collection of Linux utilities like ls, cp, mv, etc.
Project link: gnu.org/software/coreutils

Task:
Compile and install all coreutils utilities to a specific location. Compile them statically.

Difficulties:
Static linking requires correctly configuring the build.

Environment:
Ubuntu 22.04 on amd64, without internet access.

Execution log
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.
- The environment is offline, assume you have all the necessary tools already installed.
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 a coreutils v9.7 source code at /home/peter/coreutils.tar.gz. Please compile the coreutils package and install it to /home/peter/result. Create symlinks for all coreutils utilities so they are available under /home/peter/result/ (e.g., /home/peter/result/uptime). All binaries should be statically linked.

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Show reasoning

Evaluating static linking for coreutils

I’m looking into building coreutils, which will produce utilities in the src/ directory using configure && make. To create statically linked binaries, I need to pass LDFLAGS=-static or use --enable-static. However, I have to make sure static linking is possible on the system since static glibc may not be installed, and I might need to install build dependencies like gcc and make. If static glibc is missing, compilation might fail, so I should proceed with caution.Configuring static linking for coreutils

I’m figuring out how to configure coreutils to avoid dynamic dependencies and force static linking. I should use LDFLAGS="-static -s" and CFLAGS="-O2 -static", but I’ve heard that using -static in CFLAGS might cause issues. Typically, I’d set CC="gcc -static" or add LDFLAGS=-static at the link stage. The user wants everything installed in /home/peter/result, and I need to create symlinks for the utilities there. I’ll also explore if there's an option for a single binary build to simplify things!Creating symlinks post-installation

After installing coreutils, I plan to create symlinks for all files in /home/peter/result/bin, linking them to /home/peter/result/. It's crucial to ensure that these binaries are statically linked, so I'll use the file and ldd commands for verification. Ldd will give an exit code that shows if it's not a dynamic executable, but I must check the linking carefully.

First, we’ll extract the tarball with tar -xf coreutils.tar.gz and figure out the directory name from the contents. I’ll avoid newlines in my command strings to keep it clean.Setting up the offline environment

The developer has stated the environment is offline but that I have the necessary tools available. I need to remember that every command runs in /home/peter, so after extracting the files, I must change into the extracted directory with cd coreutils-9.7 && .... I can’t include newlines, so here’s my plan.

First, I’ll extract the tarball using tar -xf coreutils.tar.gz. Then, I'll discover the extracted directory with ls -d coreutils*, but it’s safer to assume it’ll be named coreutils-9.7. I’ll be using the run_terminal_cmd tool to execute these commands sequentially.Planning for static build configuration

The developer’s tool returns JSON outputs, which I can process. I need to ensure I pass non-interactive flags for any command that might prompt, but extracting the tarball won't prompt. I must configure with LDFLAGS="-static -s" and CFLAGS="-O2 -static -g0" to ensure static linking. I also plan to build in the source directory and avoid unnecessary flags. After extracting, I’ll check the extracted directory and then run the configure command with these flags before building and creating symlinks for the utilities. Careful validation of static linking is essential to avoid unexpected issues.Verifying static linking status

I need to check the output from the file command to see if binaries are labeled as "statically linked" or "dynamically linked." For instance, an output like "ELF 64-bit LSB executable, statically linked, not stripped" indicates a successful static link. If any binaries are dynamically linked, I’ll need to address that issue. I might enforce static linking by setting CFLAGS and LDFLAGS in the top-level environment when configuring. I’ll start by extracting the files using the run_terminal_cmd and inspect the outputs step by step.

compile-bench> tar -xzf coreutils.tar.gz
[empty output]
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compile-bench> ls -d coreutils*
coreutils-9.7  coreutils.tar.gz
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compile-bench> cd coreutils-9.7 && mkdir -p build && cd build && CC='gcc -static' CFLAGS='-O2 -pipe -static -s' CXXFLAGS='-O2 -pipe -static -s' LDFLAGS='-static' ../configure --prefix=/home/peter/result --disable-nls
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking for gcc... gcc -static
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc -static accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc -static option to enable C23 features... unsupported
checking for gcc -static option to enable C11 features... none needed
checking whether gcc -static understands -c and -o together... yes
checking whether the compiler is clang... no
checking for compiler option needed when checking for declarations... none
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking dependency style of gcc -static... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -static -E
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for stdio.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for wchar.h... yes
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking for arpa/inet.h... yes
checking for features.h... yes
checking for sys/socket.h... yes
checking for stdbool.h... yes
checking for byteswap.h... yes
checking for xlocale.h... no
checking for uchar.h... yes
checking for sys/param.h... yes
checking for dirent.h... yes
checking for endian.h... yes
checking for sys/endian.h... no
checking for error.h... yes
checking for linux/xattr.h... yes
checking for selinux/selinux.h... no
checking for fnmatch.h... yes
checking for stdio_ext.h... yes
checking for sys/vfs.h... yes
checking for sys/fs_types.h... no
checking for netdb.h... yes
checking for netinet/in.h... yes
checking for getopt.h... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for grp.h... yes
checking for threads.h... yes
checking for iconv.h... yes
checking for limits.h... yes
checking for crtdefs.h... no
checking for wctype.h... yes
checking for langinfo.h... yes
checking for math.h... yes
checking for sys/mman.h... yes
[command output truncated]
checking whether ttyname is declared... yes
checking whether setregid is declared... yes
checking for declarations of fseeko and ftello... yes
checking for struct stat.st_author... no
checking for ino_t... yes
checking for major_t... no
checking for minor_t... no
checking for mode_to_security_class... no
checking for inotify_init... yes
checking for nfs/vfs.h... no
checking for struct statvfs.f_basetype... no
checking for struct statvfs.f_fstypename... no
checking for struct statvfs.f_type... no
checking for struct statfs.f_namelen... yes
checking for struct statfs.f_namemax... no
checking for struct statfs.f_type... (cached) yes
checking for struct statfs.f_frsize... yes
checking for cap_get_file in -lcap... no
configure: WARNING: libcap library was not found or not usable.
configure: WARNING: GNU coreutils will be built without capability support.
checking for working fork... yes
checking for working vfork... (cached) yes
checking for chroot... yes
checking for gethostid... yes
checking for sigsuspend... yes
checking whether use of struct winsize requires sys/ptem.h... (cached) no
checking whether localtime caches TZ... no
checking for library containing dlopen... none required
checking for fclonefileat... no
checking for getattrat... no
checking for statx... yes
checking for initgroups... yes
checking for syslog... yes
checking for 3-argument setpriority function... yes
checking POSIX termios... (cached) yes
checking whether use of TIOCGWINSZ requires sys/ioctl.h... (cached) yes
checking whether termios.h needs _XOPEN_SOURCE... no
checking c_line in struct termios... yes
checking whether use of struct winsize requires sys/ptem.h... (cached) no
checking whether use of TIOCGWINSZ requires termios.h... (cached) no
checking whether C compiler handles -Werror... yes
checking whether C compiler handles -errwarn... no
checking whether this system supports stdbuf... no
checking IEEE 16 bit floating point... no
checking Brain 16 bit floating point... no
checking if vmull intrinsic exists... no
checking if pclmul intrinsic exists... yes
checking if avx2 pclmul intrinsic exists... yes
checking if avx512 pclmul intrinsic exists... yes
checking for avx2 intrinsics... yes
checking whether NLS is requested... no
checking for msgfmt... no
checking for gmsgfmt... :
checking for xgettext... no
checking for msgmerge... no
checking for CFPreferencesCopyAppValue... (cached) no
checking for CFLocaleCopyPreferredLanguages... (cached) no
checking whether to use NLS... no
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating po/Makefile.in
config.status: creating gnulib-tests/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/config.h
config.status: linking ../GNUmakefile to GNUmakefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing po-directories commands
config.status: creating po/POTFILES
config.status: creating po/Makefile
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Show reasoning

Running make command

I see that the configuration finished successfully, although there were warnings about libcap not found. Now, I need to run the make command using -j to speed things up. The command I'll use is "cd coreutils-9.7/build && make -j$(nproc)". There's a thought about whether I should pass noninteractive flags for apt-get, but it seems that's not necessary. I'll also consider using the environment variable MAKEFLAGS before executing the make command. Let's get this done!

compile-bench> cd coreutils-9.7/build && make -j$(nproc)
  GEN      lib/alloca.h
  GEN      lib/arpa/inet.h
  GEN      lib/configmake.h
  GEN      lib/ctype.h
  GEN      lib/dirent.h
  GEN      lib/endian.h
  GEN      lib/error.h
  GEN      lib/fcntl.h
  GEN      lib/float.h
  GEN      lib/malloc/dynarray.gl.h
  GEN      lib/malloc/dynarray-skeleton.gl.h
  GEN      lib/malloc/scratch_buffer.gl.h
  GEN      lib/iconv.h
  GEN      lib/inttypes.h
  GEN      lib/langinfo.h
  GEN      lib/gmp.h
  GEN      lib/limits.h
  GEN      lib/locale.h
  GEN      lib/math.h
  GEN      lib/netdb.h
  GEN      lib/obstack.h
  GEN      lib/pthread.h
  GEN      lib/sched.h
  GEN      lib/selinux/selinux.h
  GEN      lib/selinux/context.h
  GEN      lib/selinux/label.h
  GEN      lib/signal.h
  GEN      lib/stdbit.h
  GEN      lib/stdckdint.h
  GEN      lib/stddef.h
  GEN      lib/stdio.h
  GEN      lib/stdlib.h
  GEN      lib/string.h
  GEN      lib/sys/ioctl.h
  GEN      lib/sys/random.h
  GEN      lib/sys/resource.h
  GEN      lib/sys/select.h
  GEN      lib/sys/socket.h
  GEN      lib/sys/stat.h
  GEN      lib/sys/time.h
  GEN      lib/sys/types.h
  GEN      lib/sys/uio.h
  GEN      lib/sys/utsname.h
  GEN      lib/sys/wait.h
  GEN      lib/termios.h
  GEN      lib/time.h
  GEN      lib/uchar.h
  GEN      lib/unicase.h
  GEN      lib/unictype.h
  GEN      lib/uninorm.h
  GEN      lib/unistd.h
  GEN      lib/unistr.h
  GEN      lib/unitypes.h
  GEN      lib/uniwidth.h
  GEN      lib/utime.h
  GEN      lib/wchar.h
  GEN      lib/wctype.h
  GEN      src/coreutils.h
  GEN      src/version.c
  GEN      src/version.h
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build'
Making all in po
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build/po'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build/po'
Making all in .
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build'
  CC       lib/libcoreutils_a-long-options.o
  CC       lib/libcoreutils_a-malloca.o
[command output truncated]
  GEN      man/touch.1
  GEN      man/tr.1
  GEN      man/true.1
  GEN      man/truncate.1
  GEN      man/tsort.1
  GEN      man/tty.1
  GEN      man/uname.1
  GEN      man/unexpand.1
  GEN      man/uniq.1
  GEN      man/unlink.1
  GEN      man/uptime.1
  GEN      man/vdir.1
  GEN      man/wc.1
  GEN      man/whoami.1
  GEN      man/yes.1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build'
Making all in gnulib-tests
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build/gnulib-tests'
## ---------------------------------------------------- ##
## ------------------- Gnulib tests ------------------- ##
## You can ignore compiler warnings in this directory.  ##
## ---------------------------------------------------- ##
make  all-recursive
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build/gnulib-tests'
Making all in .
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build/gnulib-tests'
  CC       bench_crc-bench-crc.o
  CC       bench_crc-randomb.o
  CC       c-strcasestr.o
  CC       c32tob.o
  CC       concat-filename.o
  CC       getlocalename_l-unsafe.o
  CC       localename-table.o
  CC       ioctl.o
  CC       localename.o
  CC       localename-environ.o
  CC       localename-unsafe.o
  CC       pthread-rwlock.o
  CC       str_startswith.o
  CC       timespec-add.o
  CC       timespec-sub.o
  CC       vma-iter.o
  CC       xconcat-filename.o
  CC       xgetcwd.o
  CC       strerror_r.o
  CC       bench_md5-bench-md5.o
  CC       bench_sha1-bench-sha1.o
  CC       bench_sha224-bench-sha224.o
  CC       bench_sha256-bench-sha256.o
  CC       bench_sha384-bench-sha384.o
  CC       bench_sha512-bench-sha512.o
  CC       locale.o
  CC       test-localcharset.o
  CC       glthread/thread.o
  CC       unistr/u32-set.o
  AR       libtests.a
  CCLD     bench-crc
  CCLD     bench-md5
  CCLD     bench-sha1
  CCLD     bench-sha224
  CCLD     bench-sha256
  CCLD     bench-sha384
  CCLD     bench-sha512
  CCLD     current-locale
  CCLD     test-localcharset
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build/gnulib-tests'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build/gnulib-tests'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build/gnulib-tests'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build'
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compile-bench> cd coreutils-9.7/build && make install -j1
make  install-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build'
Making install in po
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build/po'
if test "coreutils" = "gettext-tools"; then \
  /usr/bin/mkdir -p /home/peter/result/share/gettext/po; \
  for file in Makefile.in.in remove-potcdate.sin quot.sed boldquot.sed [email protected] [email protected] insert-header.sin Rules-quot   Makevars.template; do \
    /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ../../po/$file \
		    /home/peter/result/share/gettext/po/$file; \
  done; \
  for file in Makevars; do \
    rm -f /home/peter/result/share/gettext/po/$file; \
  done; \
else \
  : ; \
fi
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build/po'
Making install in .
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build'
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/bin'
  src/ginstall -c src/ginstall '/home/peter/result/bin/./install'
  src/ginstall -c src/chroot src/hostid src/timeout src/nice src/who src/users src/pinky src/stty src/df src/[ src/b2sum src/base64 src/base32 src/basenc src/basename src/cat src/chcon src/chgrp src/chmod src/chown src/cksum src/comm src/cp src/csplit src/cut src/date src/dd src/dir src/dircolors src/dirname src/du src/echo src/env src/expand src/expr src/factor src/false src/fmt src/fold src/groups src/head src/id src/join src/kill src/link src/ln src/logname src/ls src/md5sum src/mkdir src/mkfifo src/mknod src/mktemp src/mv src/nl src/nproc src/nohup src/numfmt src/od src/paste src/pathchk src/pr src/printenv src/printf src/ptx src/pwd src/readlink src/realpath src/rm src/rmdir src/runcon src/seq src/sha1sum src/sha224sum src/sha256sum src/sha384sum src/sha512sum src/shred src/shuf src/sleep src/sort src/split src/stat src/sum src/sync src/tac src/tail src/tee src/test src/touch src/tr src/true src/truncate src/tsort src/tty src/uname src/unexpand src/uniq src/unlink src/uptime src/vdir src/wc src/whoami src/yes '/home/peter/result/bin'
make  install-exec-hook
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build'
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/share/info'
 src/ginstall -c -m 644 ../doc/coreutils.info '/home/peter/result/share/info'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
 src/ginstall -c -m 644 man/chroot.1 man/hostid.1 man/timeout.1 man/nice.1 man/who.1 man/users.1 man/pinky.1 man/stty.1 man/df.1 man/b2sum.1 man/base64.1 man/base32.1 man/basenc.1 man/basename.1 man/cat.1 man/chcon.1 man/chgrp.1 man/chmod.1 man/chown.1 man/cksum.1 man/comm.1 man/cp.1 man/csplit.1 man/cut.1 man/date.1 man/dd.1 man/dir.1 man/dircolors.1 man/dirname.1 man/du.1 man/echo.1 man/env.1 man/expand.1 man/expr.1 man/factor.1 man/false.1 man/fmt.1 man/fold.1 man/install.1 man/groups.1 '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
 src/ginstall -c -m 644 man/head.1 man/id.1 man/join.1 man/kill.1 man/link.1 man/ln.1 man/logname.1 man/ls.1 man/md5sum.1 man/mkdir.1 man/mkfifo.1 man/mknod.1 man/mktemp.1 man/mv.1 man/nl.1 man/nproc.1 man/nohup.1 man/numfmt.1 man/od.1 man/paste.1 man/pathchk.1 man/pr.1 man/printenv.1 man/printf.1 man/ptx.1 man/pwd.1 man/readlink.1 man/realpath.1 man/rm.1 man/rmdir.1 man/runcon.1 man/seq.1 man/sha1sum.1 man/sha224sum.1 man/sha256sum.1 man/sha384sum.1 man/sha512sum.1 man/shred.1 man/shuf.1 man/sleep.1 '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
 src/ginstall -c -m 644 man/sort.1 man/split.1 man/stat.1 man/sum.1 man/sync.1 man/tac.1 man/tail.1 man/tee.1 man/test.1 man/touch.1 man/tr.1 man/true.1 man/truncate.1 man/tsort.1 man/tty.1 man/uname.1 man/unexpand.1 man/uniq.1 man/unlink.1 man/uptime.1 man/vdir.1 man/wc.1 man/whoami.1 man/yes.1 '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build'
Making install in gnulib-tests
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build/gnulib-tests'
make  install-recursive
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build/gnulib-tests'
Making install in .
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build/gnulib-tests'
make[5]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build/gnulib-tests'
make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/build/gnulib-tests'
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compile-bench> for f in /home/peter/result/bin/*; do bn=$(basename "$f"); ln -sf "$f" "/home/peter/result/$bn"; done
[empty output]
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compile-bench> for b in /home/peter/result/bin/*; do file "$b" | grep -q 'statically linked' || echo "$b is not statically linked"; done
[empty output]
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compile-bench> ls -l /home/peter/result/bin
total 97356
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  864816 Sep 16 20:33 '['
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  877136 Sep 16 20:33  b2sum
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  864816 Sep 16 20:33  base32
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  864816 Sep 16 20:33  base64
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  856624 Sep 16 20:33  basename
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  873008 Sep 16 20:33  basenc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  860784 Sep 16 20:33  cat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  885488 Sep 16 20:33  chcon
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1094480 Sep 16 20:33  chgrp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  881232 Sep 16 20:33  chmod
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1094480 Sep 16 20:33  chown
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1078064 Sep 16 20:33  chroot
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  983824 Sep 16 20:33  cksum
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  864848 Sep 16 20:33  comm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1065584 Sep 16 20:33  cp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  959312 Sep 16 20:33  csplit
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  868944 Sep 16 20:33  cut
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1074032 Sep 16 20:33  date
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  889648 Sep 16 20:33  dd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1054000 Sep 16 20:33  df
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1332656 Sep 16 20:33  dir
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  909936 Sep 16 20:33  dircolors
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  856624 Sep 16 20:33  dirname
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1213296 Sep 16 20:33  du
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  852528 Sep 16 20:33  echo
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  873648 Sep 16 20:33  env
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  860752 Sep 16 20:33  expand
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1008240 Sep 16 20:33  expr
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  942672 Sep 16 20:33  factor
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  848432 Sep 16 20:33  false
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  864816 Sep 16 20:33  fmt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  860720 Sep 16 20:33  fold
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1061680 Sep 16 20:33  groups
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  868976 Sep 16 20:33  head
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1049392 Sep 16 20:33  hostid
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1069904 Sep 16 20:33  id
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1242032 Sep 16 20:33  install
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  881264 Sep 16 20:33  join
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  861360 Sep 16 20:33  kill
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  856624 Sep 16 20:33  link
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1024624 Sep 16 20:33  ln
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1082192 Sep 16 20:33  logname
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1332656 Sep 16 20:33  ls
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  873040 Sep 16 20:33  md5sum
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  868912 Sep 16 20:33  mkdir
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  860720 Sep 16 20:33  mkfifo
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  860720 Sep 16 20:33  mknod
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  860720 Sep 16 20:33  mktemp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1077872 Sep 16 20:33  mv
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  860720 Sep 16 20:33  nice
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  946864 Sep 16 20:33  nl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  860720 Sep 16 20:33  nohup
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  860720 Sep 16 20:33  nproc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  881456 Sep 16 20:33  numfmt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  975664 Sep 16 20:33  od
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  860752 Sep 16 20:33  paste
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  991792 Sep 16 20:33  pathchk
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1229808 Sep 16 20:33  pinky
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1061808 Sep 16 20:33  pr
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  856624 Sep 16 20:33  printenv
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  926288 Sep 16 20:33  printf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  967504 Sep 16 20:33  ptx
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  856624 Sep 16 20:33  pwd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  864848 Sep 16 20:33  readlink
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  864880 Sep 16 20:33  realpath
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  889424 Sep 16 20:33  rm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  856624 Sep 16 20:33  rmdir
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  856624 Sep 16 20:33  runcon
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  930576 Sep 16 20:33  seq
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  873040 Sep 16 20:33  sha1sum
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  881232 Sep 16 20:33  sha224sum
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  881232 Sep 16 20:33  sha256sum
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  885328 Sep 16 20:33  sha384sum
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  885328 Sep 16 20:33  sha512sum
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  881424 Sep 16 20:33  shred
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  881232 Sep 16 20:33  shuf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  909872 Sep 16 20:33  sleep
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1206760 Sep 16 20:33  sort
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  894192 Sep 16 20:33  split
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1246128 Sep 16 20:33  stat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  901744 Sep 16 20:33  stty
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  869104 Sep 16 20:33  sum
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  856624 Sep 16 20:33  sync
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  951056 Sep 16 20:33  tac
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  950928 Sep 16 20:33  tail
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  864848 Sep 16 20:33  tee
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  860720 Sep 16 20:33  test
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1001088 Sep 16 20:33  timeout
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1057648 Sep 16 20:33  touch
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  869104 Sep 16 20:33  tr
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  848432 Sep 16 20:33  true
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  860720 Sep 16 20:33  truncate
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  860720 Sep 16 20:33  tsort
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  881232 Sep 16 20:33  tty
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  856656 Sep 16 20:33  uname
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  860752 Sep 16 20:33  unexpand
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  868944 Sep 16 20:33  uniq
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  852528 Sep 16 20:33  unlink
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1045136 Sep 16 20:33  uptime
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  868944 Sep 16 20:33  users
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1332656 Sep 16 20:33  vdir
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1008240 Sep 16 20:33  wc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1270800 Sep 16 20:33  who
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1045296 Sep 16 20:33  whoami
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  856624 Sep 16 20:33  yes
107 lines
ASSISTANT
compile-bench> ls -l /home/peter/result | sed -n '1,200p'
total 8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   24 Sep 16 20:33 [ -> /home/peter/result/bin/[
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 20:33 b2sum -> /home/peter/result/bin/b2sum
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 20:33 base32 -> /home/peter/result/bin/base32
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 20:33 base64 -> /home/peter/result/bin/base64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   31 Sep 16 20:33 basename -> /home/peter/result/bin/basename
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 20:33 basenc -> /home/peter/result/bin/basenc
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 20:33 bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 20:33 cat -> /home/peter/result/bin/cat
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 20:33 chcon -> /home/peter/result/bin/chcon
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 20:33 chgrp -> /home/peter/result/bin/chgrp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 20:33 chmod -> /home/peter/result/bin/chmod
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 20:33 chown -> /home/peter/result/bin/chown
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 20:33 chroot -> /home/peter/result/bin/chroot
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 20:33 cksum -> /home/peter/result/bin/cksum
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 comm -> /home/peter/result/bin/comm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 20:33 cp -> /home/peter/result/bin/cp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 20:33 csplit -> /home/peter/result/bin/csplit
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 20:33 cut -> /home/peter/result/bin/cut
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 date -> /home/peter/result/bin/date
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 20:33 dd -> /home/peter/result/bin/dd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 20:33 df -> /home/peter/result/bin/df
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 20:33 dir -> /home/peter/result/bin/dir
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   32 Sep 16 20:33 dircolors -> /home/peter/result/bin/dircolors
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   30 Sep 16 20:33 dirname -> /home/peter/result/bin/dirname
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 20:33 du -> /home/peter/result/bin/du
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 echo -> /home/peter/result/bin/echo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 20:33 env -> /home/peter/result/bin/env
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 20:33 expand -> /home/peter/result/bin/expand
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 expr -> /home/peter/result/bin/expr
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 20:33 factor -> /home/peter/result/bin/factor
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 20:33 false -> /home/peter/result/bin/false
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 20:33 fmt -> /home/peter/result/bin/fmt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 fold -> /home/peter/result/bin/fold
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 20:33 groups -> /home/peter/result/bin/groups
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 head -> /home/peter/result/bin/head
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 20:33 hostid -> /home/peter/result/bin/hostid
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 20:33 id -> /home/peter/result/bin/id
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter 
[command output truncated]
rwxrwx 1 peter peter   30 Sep 16 20:33 sha1sum -> /home/peter/result/bin/sha1sum
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   32 Sep 16 20:33 sha224sum -> /home/peter/result/bin/sha224sum
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   32 Sep 16 20:33 sha256sum -> /home/peter/result/bin/sha256sum
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   32 Sep 16 20:33 sha384sum -> /home/peter/result/bin/sha384sum
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   32 Sep 16 20:33 sha512sum -> /home/peter/result/bin/sha512sum
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 20:33 share
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 20:33 shred -> /home/peter/result/bin/shred
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 shuf -> /home/peter/result/bin/shuf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 20:33 sleep -> /home/peter/result/bin/sleep
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 sort -> /home/peter/result/bin/sort
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 20:33 split -> /home/peter/result/bin/split
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 stat -> /home/peter/result/bin/stat
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 stty -> /home/peter/result/bin/stty
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 20:33 sum -> /home/peter/result/bin/sum
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 sync -> /home/peter/result/bin/sync
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 20:33 tac -> /home/peter/result/bin/tac
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 tail -> /home/peter/result/bin/tail
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 20:33 tee -> /home/peter/result/bin/tee
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 test -> /home/peter/result/bin/test
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   30 Sep 16 20:33 timeout -> /home/peter/result/bin/timeout
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 20:33 touch -> /home/peter/result/bin/touch
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 20:33 tr -> /home/peter/result/bin/tr
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 true -> /home/peter/result/bin/true
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   31 Sep 16 20:33 truncate -> /home/peter/result/bin/truncate
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 20:33 tsort -> /home/peter/result/bin/tsort
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 20:33 tty -> /home/peter/result/bin/tty
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 20:33 uname -> /home/peter/result/bin/uname
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   31 Sep 16 20:33 unexpand -> /home/peter/result/bin/unexpand
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 uniq -> /home/peter/result/bin/uniq
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 20:33 unlink -> /home/peter/result/bin/unlink
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 20:33 uptime -> /home/peter/result/bin/uptime
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 20:33 users -> /home/peter/result/bin/users
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 20:33 vdir -> /home/peter/result/bin/vdir
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 20:33 wc -> /home/peter/result/bin/wc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 20:33 who -> /home/peter/result/bin/who
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 20:33 whoami -> /home/peter/result/bin/whoami
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 20:33 yes -> /home/peter/result/bin/yes
78 lines
ASSISTANT
compile-bench> file /home/peter/result/bin/uptime && ldd /home/peter/result/bin/uptime || true
/home/peter/result/bin/uptime: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, BuildID[sha1]=d184ace493403f0ee3e4029fdf3ee1289b1fd6d3, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, stripped
	not a dynamic executable
3 lines
ASSISTANT
compile-bench> statics=$(find /home/peter/result/bin -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec file {} \; | grep -c 'statically linked'); total=$(find /home/peter/result/bin -maxdepth 1 -type f | wc -l); echo $total files, $statics statically linked
105 files, 105 statically linked
ASSISTANT
compile-bench> readlink -f /home/peter/result/uptime
/home/peter/result/bin/uptime
ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

Compiling build directory details

I need to provide the location of the build directory, and it's helpful to mention the commands used. The final message should be concise.

I’ll list the actions taken: I extracted the tar file, configured it with static flags, built and installed, and created symlinks. I'll also include verification counts and outputs, noting that the build was done without libcap and NLS. Lastly, I'll offer next steps for the user if they need more assistance. Let's craft that final message!

Done.

What I did
- Extracted /home/peter/coreutils.tar.gz (it expanded to coreutils-9.7).
- Configured a static build and installed coreutils into /home/peter/result.
- configure environment used: CC='gcc -static' CFLAGS='-O2 -pipe -static -s' CXXFLAGS='-O2 -pipe -static -s' LDFLAGS='-static' --prefix=/home/peter/result --disable-nls
- Built and ran make install.
- Created symlinks for every installed utility so each utility is available as /home/peter/result/ pointing to /home/peter/result/bin/.
- Verified all installed binaries are statically linked.

Verification (results from the build environment)
- Binaries installed: /home/peter/result/bin (105 files)
- Static link check: 105 files, 105 statically linked
- Example checks:
- file /home/peter/result/bin/uptime -> "... statically linked ..."
- readlink -f /home/peter/result/uptime -> /home/peter/result/bin/uptime

Notes
- configure printed a warning that libcap wasn't found; coreutils was built without capability support. That does not affect the static linking requirement for the built utilities.
- If you want these tools on PATH, add /home/peter/result to your PATH (it already contains flat symlinks to each utility).

If you want, I can:
- Show the full list of utilities installed,
- Rebuild with different optimization or strip settings,
- Or package the /home/peter/result directory into an archive.

Task finished successfully, all checks passed!
Checks passed:
sha1sum binary exists
basename exists and --version works
cat exists and --version works
chgrp exists and --version works
chmod exists and --version works
chown exists and --version works
chroot exists and --version works
cksum exists and --version works
comm exists and --version works
cp exists and --version works
csplit exists and --version works
cut exists and --version works
date exists and --version works
dd exists and --version works
df exists and --version works
dir exists and --version works
dircolors exists and --version works
dirname exists and --version works
du exists and --version works
echo exists and --version works
env exists and --version works
expand exists and --version works
expr exists and --version works
factor exists and --version works
false exists (skipping --version check)
fmt exists and --version works
fold exists and --version works
groups exists and --version works
head exists and --version works
hostid exists and --version works
id exists and --version works
install exists and --version works
join exists and --version works
kill exists (skipping --version check)
link exists and --version works
ln exists and --version works
logname exists and --version works
ls exists and --version works
md5sum exists and --version works
mkdir exists and --version works
mkfifo exists and --version works
mknod exists and --version works
mv exists and --version works
nice exists and --version works
nl exists and --version works
nohup exists and --version works
od exists and --version works
paste exists and --version works
pathchk exists and --version works
pinky exists and --version works
pr exists and --version works
printenv exists and --version works
printf exists (skipping --version check)
ptx exists and --version works
pwd exists (skipping --version check)
readlink exists and --version works
rm exists and --version works
rmdir exists and --version works
seq exists and --version works
sha1sum exists and --version works
shred exists and --version works
sleep exists and --version works
sort exists and --version works
split exists and --version works
stat exists and --version works
stty exists and --version works
sum exists and --version works
sync exists and --version works
tac exists and --version works
tail exists and --version works
tee exists and --version works
test exists and --version works
touch exists and --version works
tr exists and --version works
true exists and --version works
tsort exists and --version works
tty exists and --version works
uname exists and --version works
unexpand exists and --version works
uniq exists and --version works
unlink exists and --version works
uptime exists and --version works
users exists and --version works
vdir exists and --version works
wc exists and --version works
who exists and --version works
whoami exists and --version works
yes exists and --version works
sha1sum is statically linked
sha1sum produced expected hash