Summary
Performance
Cost$0.009
Total elapsed time1m15s
LLM inference time14s
Command execution time1m0s
Commands executed5
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Attempt ID 4lo9tks6n9tch Attempt group run-16-09-22-05
Revision fb5c74bd2fee AWS Instance m8i.2xlarge
Start time 2025-09-16T22:03:52.724Z End time 2025-09-16T22:05:08.014Z
Task coreutils-static-alpine Environment alpine-3.22.1-amd64-offline
Model gemini-2.5-flash-thinking logo gemini-2.5-flash-thinking OpenRouter slug google/gemini-2.5-flash
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 $0.009 Duration 1m15s
LLM inference time 14s Command execution time 1m0s
Final context tokens 5,237 Total output tokens 1,733
Output reasoning tokens 1,556 Messages 13
Assistant messages 6 User messages 1
System messages 1 Commands executed 5
Task
Task: coreutils-static-alpine

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. Alpine Linux is less standard than Ubuntu.

Environment:
Alpine Linux 3.22.1 on amd64, without internet access.

Execution log
SYSTEM

You are a package-building specialist operating a Alpine Linux 3.22.1 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).
- 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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Initiating Coreutils Compilation

I've extracted the coreutils tarball. Now, I'm focusing on the configuration step. My plan is to specify the installation prefix as /home/peter/result and also enable static linking, to ensure the binaries are self-contained and easily portable. The next step will be compiling.

Unpacking the Archive

I've extracted the tarball containing the coreutils source code. Now that the files are in place, the next step is configuring the build process. I need to specify the installation prefix and enable static linking. After that, I'll tackle the compilation stage.

compile-bench> tar -xzf coreutils.tar.gz
[empty output]
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Planning the Build Process

I've extracted the coreutils.tar.gz archive. My immediate next steps involve navigating into the newly created directory. After that, it's all about configuring the build with static linking, compiling everything, and finally, installing the package into the /home/peter/result directory, including the creation of necessary symlinks.

compile-bench> cd coreutils-9.7 && CFLAGS='-static' LDFLAGS='-static' ./configure --prefix=/home/peter/result --enable-static --disable-shared && make && make install
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --enable-static, --disable-shared
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
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
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 accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to enable C23 features... -std=gnu23
checking whether gcc -std=gnu23 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 -std=gnu23... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -std=gnu23 -E
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /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... no
checking for linux/xattr.h... no
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
checking for sys/statvfs.h... yes
checking for obstack.h... no
checking for priv.h... no
checking for sys/select.h... yes
checking for pthread.h... yes
checking for utmp.h... yes
checking for utmpx.h... yes
checkin
[command output truncated]
ste 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'
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7'
 /bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/share/info'
 src/ginstall -c -m 644 ./doc/coreutils.info '/home/peter/result/share/info'
 /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'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7'
Making install in gnulib-tests
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make  install-recursive
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
Making install in .
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make[5]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7'
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Establishing Symlinks Now

I've successfully compiled and installed the necessary components. The next step is to create symbolic links. I'm focusing on linking all the utilities located in /home/peter/result/bin to /home/peter/result. This will streamline access.

compile-bench> find /home/peter/result/bin -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec ln -s {} /home/peter/result/ \;
[empty output]
ASSISTANT
compile-bench> ls -l /home/peter/result
total 8
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           24 Sep 16 22:04 [ -> /home/peter/result/bin/[
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           28 Sep 16 22:04 b2sum -> /home/peter/result/bin/b2sum
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           29 Sep 16 22:04 base32 -> /home/peter/result/bin/base32
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           29 Sep 16 22:04 base64 -> /home/peter/result/bin/base64
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           31 Sep 16 22:04 basename -> /home/peter/result/bin/basename
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           29 Sep 16 22:04 basenc -> /home/peter/result/bin/basenc
drwxr-sr-x    2 peter    peter         4096 Sep 16 22:04 bin
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           26 Sep 16 22:04 cat -> /home/peter/result/bin/cat
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           28 Sep 16 22:04 chcon -> /home/peter/result/bin/chcon
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           28 Sep 16 22:04 chgrp -> /home/peter/result/bin/chgrp
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           28 Sep 16 22:04 chmod -> /home/peter/result/bin/chmod
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           28 Sep 16 22:04 chown -> /home/peter/result/bin/chown
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           29 Sep 16 22:04 chroot -> /home/peter/result/bin/chroot
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           28 Sep 16 22:04 cksum -> /home/peter/result/bin/cksum
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           27 Sep 16 22:04 comm -> /home/peter/result/bin/comm
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           25 Sep 16 22:04 cp -> /home/peter/result/bin/cp
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           29 Sep 16 22:04 csplit -> /home/peter/result/bin/csplit
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           26 Sep 16 22:04 cut -> /home/peter/result/bin/cut
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           27 Sep 16 22:04 date -> /home/peter/result/bin/date
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           25 Sep 16 22:04 dd -> /home/peter/result/bin/dd
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           25 Sep 16 22:04 df -> /home/peter/result/bin/df
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           26 Sep 16 22:04 dir -> /home/peter/result/bin/dir
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           32 Sep 16 22:04 dircolors -> /home/peter/result/bin/dircolors
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           30 Sep 16 22:04 dirname -> /home/peter/result/bin/dirname
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           25 Sep 16 22:04 du -> /home/peter/result/bin/du
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           27 Sep 16 22:04 echo -> /home/peter/result/bin/echo
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           26 Sep 16 22:04 env -> /home/peter/result/bin/env
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           29 Sep 16 22:04 expand -> /home/peter/result/bin/expand
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           27 Sep 16 22:04 expr -> /home/peter/result/bin/expr
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           29 Sep 16 22:04 factor -> /home/peter/result/bin/factor
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           28 Sep 16 22:04 false -> /home/peter/result/bin/false
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           26 Sep 16 22:04 fmt -> /home/pet
[command output truncated]
sr-x    4 peter    peter         4096 Sep 16 22:04 share
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           28 Sep 16 22:04 shred -> /home/peter/result/bin/shred
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           27 Sep 16 22:04 shuf -> /home/peter/result/bin/shuf
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           28 Sep 16 22:04 sleep -> /home/peter/result/bin/sleep
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           27 Sep 16 22:04 sort -> /home/peter/result/bin/sort
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           28 Sep 16 22:04 split -> /home/peter/result/bin/split
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           27 Sep 16 22:04 stat -> /home/peter/result/bin/stat
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           27 Sep 16 22:04 stty -> /home/peter/result/bin/stty
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           26 Sep 16 22:04 sum -> /home/peter/result/bin/sum
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           27 Sep 16 22:04 sync -> /home/peter/result/bin/sync
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           26 Sep 16 22:04 tac -> /home/peter/result/bin/tac
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           27 Sep 16 22:04 tail -> /home/peter/result/bin/tail
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           26 Sep 16 22:04 tee -> /home/peter/result/bin/tee
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           27 Sep 16 22:04 test -> /home/peter/result/bin/test
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           30 Sep 16 22:04 timeout -> /home/peter/result/bin/timeout
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           28 Sep 16 22:04 touch -> /home/peter/result/bin/touch
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           25 Sep 16 22:04 tr -> /home/peter/result/bin/tr
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           27 Sep 16 22:04 true -> /home/peter/result/bin/true
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           31 Sep 16 22:04 truncate -> /home/peter/result/bin/truncate
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           28 Sep 16 22:04 tsort -> /home/peter/result/bin/tsort
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           26 Sep 16 22:04 tty -> /home/peter/result/bin/tty
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           28 Sep 16 22:04 uname -> /home/peter/result/bin/uname
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           31 Sep 16 22:04 unexpand -> /home/peter/result/bin/unexpand
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           27 Sep 16 22:04 uniq -> /home/peter/result/bin/uniq
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           29 Sep 16 22:04 unlink -> /home/peter/result/bin/unlink
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           29 Sep 16 22:04 uptime -> /home/peter/result/bin/uptime
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           28 Sep 16 22:04 users -> /home/peter/result/bin/users
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           27 Sep 16 22:04 vdir -> /home/peter/result/bin/vdir
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           25 Sep 16 22:04 wc -> /home/peter/result/bin/wc
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           26 Sep 16 22:04 who -> /home/peter/result/bin/who
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           29 Sep 16 22:04 whoami -> /home/peter/result/bin/whoami
lrwxrwxrwx    1 peter    peter           26 Sep 16 22:04 yes -> /home/peter/result/bin/yes
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Reviewing Installation Steps

I've reviewed the steps taken so far. The source code has been extracted. Static linking options were used when I configured, compiled, and installed coreutils to the specified directory, and I also generated symlinks for the installed utilities.

Verifying Linking Types

I've moved on to verifying the linking type of the installed utilities. Using uptime as an example, I'll use ldd to inspect its dependencies. This will confirm whether the binaries are truly statically linked, as intended. If I find no external dependencies, I'll know I was successful.

compile-bench> file /home/peter/result/bin/uptime
/home/peter/result/bin/uptime: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, BuildID[sha1]=55df45d70c65ae816cdbd7906f947f15a9af756c, with debug_info, not stripped
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Defining the Compilation Target

I'm starting to hash out the initial steps. I'll unpack the source archive first. Then, I need to figure out the specific configure flags to get static linking and the right installation paths for the binaries and symlinks. /home/peter/result is the ultimate destination.

Confirming the Steps

I've verified that the initial extraction of the source archive completed successfully. I'm now building the configure command line, including --prefix=/home/peter/result, --enable-static, and --disable-shared. I'll also explore the CFLAGS and LDFLAGS modifications to enforce static linking, before moving on to the compilation and installation stages. Then I will tackle the symlink creation.

Confirming the Compilation

The compilation and installation were seamless. The symlink creation worked flawlessly, verified through ls -l. Now I'll check if the uptime utility is actually statically linked. Using the file command will confirm this.

Reviewing the Output

I've analyzed the entire process's output. I've confirmed successful source extraction, compilation, and installation into the specified directory. The symlink creation went perfectly, and the crucial file command verified static linking. The project is now finalized.

The coreutils package has been successfully compiled, installed to /home/peter/result, and symlinks for all utilities have been created under /home/peter/result. All binaries are statically linked.

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