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Task
jq-static
Model
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gpt-5-mini-high
Status
Success
Performance
Cost$0.027
Total elapsed time3m8s
LLM inference time2m54s
Command execution time15s
Commands executed22
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Attempt ID d8soats0s23so Attempt group run-16-09-22-05
Revision fb5c74bd2fee AWS Instance m8i.2xlarge
Start time 2025-09-16T22:06:04.932Z End time 2025-09-16T22:09:13.810Z
Task jq-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 $0.027 Duration 3m8s
LLM inference time 2m54s Command execution time 15s
Final context tokens 19,605 Total output tokens 5,604
Output reasoning tokens 4,224 Messages 47
Assistant messages 23 User messages 1
System messages 1 Commands executed 22
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Task
Task: jq-static

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 statically-linked jq to a specific location.

Difficulties:
Static linking requires correctly configuring the build.

Environment:
Ubuntu 22.04 on amd64, without 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.
- 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 jq v1.8.1 source code at /home/peter/jq.tar.gz. Please compile the jq package and install it to /home/peter/result. Create a symlink from /home/peter/result/jq to the compiled jq binary. The binary should be statically linked.

ASSISTANT
compile-bench> tar -tvf /home/peter/jq.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:40 jq-1.8.1/
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118     124253 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/jq.1
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118     665647 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/configure
drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:40 jq-1.8.1/config/
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118       4879 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/test-driver
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118      35406 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/config.sub
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118       5875 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/ar-lib
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118       6878 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/missing
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118       7400 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/compile
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118     333053 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/ltmain.sh
drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:40 jq-1.8.1/config/m4/
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118       1525 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/m4/find-func-no-libs2.m4
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118     308138 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/m4/libtool.m4
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118        222 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/m4/find-func.m4
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118      14525 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/m4/ltoptions.m4
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118       4395 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/m4/ltsugar.m4
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118        286 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/m4/find-func-no-libs.m4
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118       6151 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/m4/lt~obsolete.m4
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118        714 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/m4/ltversion.m4
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118        130 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/m4/misc.m4
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118        239 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/m4/check-math-func.m4
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118      23568 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/depcomp
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118      49482 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/config.guess
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118      15358 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/install-sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118       6860 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/config/ylwrap
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118        246 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/libjq.pc.in
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118        255 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/libjq.pc
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118       2434 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/README.md
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118       1431 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/jq.spec
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118      10686 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/AUTHORS
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118       7887 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/COPYING
drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:40 jq-1.8.1/src/
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118      26718 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/src/main.c
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118        447 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/src/jv_unicode.h
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118      10680 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/src/jv.h
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118       9622 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/src/builtin.jq
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118        396 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/src/jv_alloc.h
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118     141968 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/src/parser.c
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118      36727 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/src/execute.c
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118       6846 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/src/parser.h
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118      88819 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/src/jv_dto
[command output truncated]
8        788 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/templates/shared/_footer.html.j2
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118       1182 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/templates/default.html.j2
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118        198 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/Pipfile
drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118       2989 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/index.yml
drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/download/
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118      12141 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/download/default.yml
drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/tutorial/
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118      14452 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/tutorial/default.yml
drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/manual/
drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/manual/v1.6/
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drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/manual/v1.3/
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drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/manual/dev/
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118     147296 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/manual/dev/manual.yml
drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/manual/v1.5/
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118     110179 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/manual/v1.5/manual.yml
drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/manual/v1.8/
hrw-r--r-- 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/manual/v1.8/manual.yml link to jq-1.8.1/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/manual/v1.4/
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118      59927 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/manual/v1.4/manual.yml
drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/manual/v1.7/
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118     141594 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/content/manual/v1.7/manual.yml
-rwxr-xr-x 1001/118        872 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/docs/build_mantests.py
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118      33286 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/ChangeLog
drwxr-xr-x 1001/118          0 2025-07-01 11:40 jq-1.8.1/m4/
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118       2013 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/m4/ax_prog_bison_version.m4
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118      22556 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/m4/ax_pthread.m4
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118       6570 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/m4/ax_compare_version.m4
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118      24670 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/NEWS.md
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118      46459 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/aclocal.m4
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118       9881 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/configure.ac
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118     124253 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/jq.1.prebuilt
-rw-r--r-- 1001/118       9090 2025-07-01 11:39 jq-1.8.1/Makefile.am
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ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

Extracting files for build

I need to confirm that the code is present in the tar listing. I’ll extract the files to the /home/peter/jq-1.8.1 directory using the command tar -xzf jq.tar.gz. The developer mentioned to avoid including newlines in the output, so I’ll keep that in mind. Also, I need to ensure that everything is executed in the /home/peter directory, since that’s where the command is set to run. Everything seems on track!

compile-bench> tar -xzf jq.tar.gz
[empty output]
ASSISTANT
compile-bench> ls -la jq-1.8.1/src
total 880
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  64405 Jul  1 11:39 builtin.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    428 Jul  1 11:39 builtin.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   9622 Jul  1 11:39 builtin.jq
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4740 Jul  1 11:39 bytecode.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   1755 Jul  1 11:39 bytecode.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  43926 Jul  1 11:39 compile.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   3729 Jul  1 11:39 compile.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   3404 Jul  1 11:39 exec_stack.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  36727 Jul  1 11:39 execute.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   2858 Jul  1 11:39 inject_errors.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   2550 Jul  1 11:39 jq.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    208 Jul  1 11:39 jq_parser.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  16187 Jul  1 11:39 jq_test.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  54355 Jul  1 11:39 jv.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  10680 Jul  1 11:39 jv.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4471 Jul  1 11:39 jv_alloc.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    396 Jul  1 11:39 jv_alloc.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  23332 Jul  1 11:39 jv_aux.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  88819 Jul  1 11:39 jv_dtoa.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    603 Jul  1 11:39 jv_dtoa.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   1305 Jul  1 11:39 jv_dtoa_tsd.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    100 Jul  1 11:39 jv_dtoa_tsd.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   2373 Jul  1 11:39 jv_file.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  27348 Jul  1 11:39 jv_parse.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  12651 Jul  1 11:39 jv_print.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    115 Jul  1 11:39 jv_private.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   1782 Jul  1 11:39 jv_thread.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4722 Jul  1 11:39 jv_unicode.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    447 Jul  1 11:39 jv_unicode.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   3367 Jul  1 11:39 jv_utf8_tables.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  73825 Jul  1 11:39 lexer.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  16491 Jul  1 11:39 lexer.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4548 Jul  1 11:39 lexer.l
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   3949 Jul  1 11:39 libm.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  15432 Jul  1 11:39 linker.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    161 Jul  1 11:39 linker.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   2647 Jul  1 11:39 locfile.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    578 Jul  1 11:39 locfile.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  26718 Jul  1 11:39 main.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   1242 Jul  1 11:39 opcode_list.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 141968 Jul  1 11:39 parser.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   6846 Jul  1 11:39 parser.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  22678 Jul  1 11:39 parser.y
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  37241 Jul  1 11:39 util.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   1596 Jul  1 11:39 util.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter     27 Jul  1 11:39 version.h
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ASSISTANT
compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && ./configure --prefix=/home/peter/result LDFLAGS='-static -s' CFLAGS='-O2' --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking
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 C11 features... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... 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 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 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 the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... none
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking for ar... ar
checking the archiver (ar) interface... ar
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to enable C11 features... (cached) none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for bison... no
checking for byacc... no
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for file... file
checking for objdump... objdump
checking 
[command output truncated]
/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for file... file
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from 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 mt... no
checking if : is a manifest tool... no
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 dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
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... yes
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... yes
checking size of int... 4
checking size of long... 8
checking size of long long... 8
checking size of void*... 8
checking for size_t... yes
checking for working alloca.h... yes
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: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
config.status: executing default commands
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ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

Running make for static linking

I need to run the command make -j$(nproc) now that the configuration is complete. I also want to ensure that static linking happens by passing the flags LDFLAGS="-static -s" in the Makefile. I remember that using non-interactive flags isn't necessary here, so I'll stick with a simple command. It’s important that the commands are on a single line, just as specified by the developer instructions. Let's proceed!

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 gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -c -o regparse.lo regparse.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -c -o regcomp.lo regcomp.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -c -o regexec.lo regexec.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -c -o regenc.lo regenc.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -c -o regerror.lo regerror.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -c -o regext.lo regext.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -c -o regsyntax.lo regsyntax.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -c -o regtrav.lo regtrav.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -c regenc.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regenc.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -c regparse.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regparse.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -c regcomp.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regcomp.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -c regexec.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regexec.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -c regext.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regext.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -c regsyntax.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regsyntax.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -c regtrav.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regtrav.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -c regerror.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regerror.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -c regext.c -o regext.o >/dev/null 2>&1
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -c regtrav.c -o regtrav.o >/dev/null 2>&1
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -c regsyntax.c -o regsyntax.o >/dev/null 2>&1
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -c -o regversion.lo regversion.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -c -o st.lo st.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -c -o reggnu.lo reggnu.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -c regerror.c
[command output truncated]
 sjis.lo sjis_prop.lo iso8859_1.lo iso8859_2.lo iso8859_3.lo iso8859_4.lo iso8859_5.lo iso8859_6.lo iso8859_7.lo iso8859_8.lo iso8859_9.lo iso8859_10.lo iso8859_11.lo iso8859_13.lo iso8859_14.lo iso8859_15.lo iso8859_16.lo euc_tw.lo euc_kr.lo big5.lo gb18030.lo koi8_r.lo cp1251.lo onig_init.lo  
libtool: link: 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: 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
  CCLD     libjq.la
  CCLD     jq
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
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Show reasoning

Verifying jq binary type

I had success in building jq, but I'm questioning if the binary is dynamically linked. Given that I set LDFLAGS to -static, I expected a fully static binary. However, since libtool is part of the process, it might have generated a wrapper or a non-static executable. To clarify, I need to check the binary type and dependencies. I'll use the file command on jq to confirm its status and verify using ldd or readelf as needed.

compile-bench> file jq-1.8.1/jq && ldd jq-1.8.1/jq || true
jq-1.8.1/jq: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=8c4efddce864f0a3f9083ec89541e72222963e3d, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, stripped
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffe815f9000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x000074ca12302000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x000074ca120d9000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x000074ca124d0000)
↓ 6 lines
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Show reasoning

Evaluating static build options

I'm realizing that this is a dynamically linked issue. It seems like the configuration for jq was prepared to link to libonig.a but didn't link statically to libc, likely because libtool defaults to shared libraries. So, I need to build a static binary.

There are various ways to do this: I could set static LDFLAGS or link the object files into a static binary using gcc. I should check for the existence of libjq.a and see what’s in .libs or src/.libs.

compile-bench> ls -la jq-1.8.1/src/.libs || true
total 640
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:06 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 133544 Sep 16 22:06 builtin.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  10408 Sep 16 22:06 bytecode.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  56072 Sep 16 22:06 compile.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  42632 Sep 16 22:06 execute.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  40232 Sep 16 22:06 jq_test.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  57416 Sep 16 22:06 jv.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   6072 Sep 16 22:06 jv_alloc.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  38040 Sep 16 22:06 jv_aux.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  27984 Sep 16 22:06 jv_dtoa.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   3440 Sep 16 22:06 jv_dtoa_tsd.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4688 Sep 16 22:06 jv_file.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  28720 Sep 16 22:06 jv_parse.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  23200 Sep 16 22:06 jv_print.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   5256 Sep 16 22:06 jv_unicode.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  27528 Sep 16 22:06 lexer.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  22288 Sep 16 22:06 linker.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   5264 Sep 16 22:06 locfile.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  60480 Sep 16 22:06 parser.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  12552 Sep 16 22:06 util.o
↓ 23 lines
ASSISTANT
compile-bench> ls -la jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/.libs || true
total 1764
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:06 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   5752 Sep 16 22:06 ascii.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   5696 Sep 16 22:06 big5.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4744 Sep 16 22:06 cp1251.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   6760 Sep 16 22:06 euc_jp.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4624 Sep 16 22:06 euc_jp_prop.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   5896 Sep 16 22:06 euc_kr.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   5456 Sep 16 22:06 euc_tw.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   6152 Sep 16 22:06 gb18030.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4976 Sep 16 22:06 iso8859_1.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4896 Sep 16 22:06 iso8859_10.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   3632 Sep 16 22:06 iso8859_11.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4800 Sep 16 22:06 iso8859_13.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4896 Sep 16 22:06 iso8859_14.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4832 Sep 16 22:06 iso8859_15.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4896 Sep 16 22:06 iso8859_16.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4864 Sep 16 22:06 iso8859_2.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4832 Sep 16 22:06 iso8859_3.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4864 Sep 16 22:06 iso8859_4.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4832 Sep 16 22:06 iso8859_5.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   3624 Sep 16 22:06 iso8859_6.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4736 Sep 16 22:06 iso8859_7.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   3624 Sep 16 22:06 iso8859_8.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4800 Sep 16 22:06 iso8859_9.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4744 Sep 16 22:06 koi8_r.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 850816 Sep 16 22:06 libonig.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter     13 Sep 16 22:06 libonig.la -> ../libonig.la
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    894 Sep 16 22:06 libonig.lai
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   1360 Sep 16 22:06 onig_init.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  66488 Sep 16 22:06 regcomp.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  14360 Sep 16 22:06 regenc.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  26512 Sep 16 22:06 regerror.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  64536 Sep 16 22:06 regexec.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   1768 Sep 16 22:06 regext.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   3984 Sep 16 22:06 reggnu.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 100336 Sep 16 22:06 regparse.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4352 Sep 16 22:06 regsyntax.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   1664 Sep 16 22:06 regtrav.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   2088 Sep 16 22:06 regversion.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   6912 Sep 16 22:06 sjis.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   4616 Sep 16 22:06 sjis_prop.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   7600 Sep 16 22:06 st.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 351984 Sep 16 22:06 unicode.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   6288 Sep 16 22:06 unicode_fold1_key.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   2352 Sep 16 22:06 unicode_fold2_key.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   2336 Sep 16 22:06 unicode_fold3_key.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  20432 Sep 16 22:06 unicode_unfold_key.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   7920 Sep 16 22:06 utf16_be.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   7920 Sep 16 22:06 utf16_le.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   3968 Sep 16 22:06 utf32_be.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   3968 Sep 16 22:06 utf32_le.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   5416 Sep 16 22:06 utf8.o
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Show reasoning

Searching for libraries

I'm checking for the existence of libonig.a in the vendor/oniguruma/src/.libs, and it does exist, which is great! Now, I'm considering libjq.a. It could be in src/.libs or the top-level directory, so I wonder if I should check the top-level .libs first. Since libjq.la might be created during the build process, I think I should look for libjq.a by running a search command: find . -name libjq.a.

compile-bench> find jq-1.8.1 -name 'libjq.a' -print -maxdepth 4 || true
find: warning: you have specified the global option -maxdepth after the argument -name, but global options are not positional, i.e., -maxdepth affects tests specified before it as well as those specified after it.  Please specify global options before other arguments.
jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a
↓ 3 lines
ASSISTANT
compile-bench> ls -la jq-1.8.1/.libs || true
total 692
drwxr-xr-x  2 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 10 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:06 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter 693210 Sep 16 22:06 libjq.a
lrwxrwxrwx  1 peter peter     11 Sep 16 22:06 libjq.la -> ../libjq.la
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    969 Sep 16 22:06 libjq.lai
↓ 7 lines
ASSISTANT
compile-bench> find jq-1.8.1 -name 'libdecNumber.a' -print || true
[empty output]
ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

I'm considering that decNumber might have a different structure than I expected. I think it would be a good idea to take a closer look at the vendor/decNumber directory to understand how it's organized. By doing this, I can figure out its components and see if there are any unique features that require special handling. Let's see what insights I can gather from this inspection!

compile-bench> ls -la jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber || true
total 584
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:06 .deps
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter      0 Sep 16 22:06 .dirstamp
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:06 .libs
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  24547 Jul  1 11:39 decContext.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  12820 Jul  1 11:39 decContext.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    320 Sep 16 22:06 decContext.lo
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   8680 Sep 16 22:06 decContext.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 397280 Jul  1 11:39 decNumber.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  11603 Jul  1 11:39 decNumber.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    317 Sep 16 22:06 decNumber.lo
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  68648 Sep 16 22:06 decNumber.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  39795 Jul  1 11:39 decNumberLocal.h
↓ 16 lines
ASSISTANT
compile-bench> ls -la jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs || true
total 92
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter  4096 Sep 16 22:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter  4096 Sep 16 22:06 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  8312 Sep 16 22:06 decContext.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 70424 Sep 16 22:06 decNumber.o
↓ 6 lines
ASSISTANT
compile-bench> mkdir -p /home/peter/result/bin && gcc -static -s -o /home/peter/result/bin/jq jq-1.8.1/src/.libs/*.o jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/.libs/libonig.a jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decNumber.o jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decContext.o -lm -ldl -pthread -lrt
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decNumber.o:(.rodata+0x140): multiple definition of `d2utable'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decNumber.o):(.rodata+0x140): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decNumber.o: in function `decNumberToInt32':
decNumber.c:(.text+0x1920): multiple definition of `decNumberToInt32'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decNumber.o):decNumber.c:(.text+0x2130): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decNumber.o: in function `decNumberToUInt32':
decNumber.c:(.text+0x19f0): multiple definition of `decNumberToUInt32'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decNumber.o):decNumber.c:(.text+0x2200): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decNumber.o: in function `decNumberToString':
decNumber.c:(.text+0x1ab0): multiple definition of `decNumberToString'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decNumber.o):decNumber.c:(.text+0x22c0): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decNumber.o: in function `decNumberToEngString':
decNumber.c:(.text+0x1ad0): multiple definition of `decNumberToEngString'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decNumber.o):decNumber.c:(.text+0x22e0): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decNumber.o: in function `decNumberClassToString':
decNumber.c:(.text+0x1af0): multiple definition of `decNumberClassToString'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decNumber.o):decNumber.c:(.text+0x3440): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decNumber.o: in function `decNumberCopy':
decNumber.c:(.text+0x1bb0): multiple definition of `decNumberCopy'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decNumber.o):decNumber.c:(.text+0x3500): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decNumber.o: in function `decNumberCopyAbs':
decNumber.c:(.text+0x1db0): multiple definition of `decNumberCopyAbs'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decNumber.o):decNumber.c:(.text+0xae60): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decNumber.o: in function `decNumberCopyNegate':
decNumber.c:(.text+0x1dd0): multiple definition of `decNumberCopyNegate'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decNumber.o):decNumber.c:(.text+0xaf20): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decNumber.o: in function `decNumberCopySign':
decNumber.c:(.text+0x1df0): multiple definition of `decNumberCopySign'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decNumber.o):decNumber.c:(.text+0xafd0): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decNumber.o: in function `decNumberGetBCD':
decNumber.c:(.text+0x1e30): multiple definition of `decNumberGetBCD'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decNumber.o):decNumber.c:(.text+0xb0a0): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decNumber.o: in function `decNumberSetBCD':
decNumber.c:(.text+0x1eb0): multiple definition of `decNumberSetBCD'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decNumber.o):decNumber.c:(.text+0xb120): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decNumber.o: in function `decNumberIsNormal':
[command output truncated]
/libjq.a(decContext.o):decContext.c:(.text+0x170): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decContext.o: in function `decContextDefault':
decContext.c:(.text+0xa0): multiple definition of `decContextDefault'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decContext.o):decContext.c:(.text+0x10): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decContext.o: in function `decContextSetStatusFromString':
decContext.c:(.text+0x190): multiple definition of `decContextSetStatusFromString'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decContext.o):decContext.c:(.text+0x1a0): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decContext.o: in function `decContextSetStatusQuiet':
decContext.c:(.text+0x340): multiple definition of `decContextSetStatusQuiet'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decContext.o):decContext.c:(.text+0x680): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decContext.o: in function `decContextSetStatusFromStringQuiet':
decContext.c:(.text+0x350): multiple definition of `decContextSetStatusFromStringQuiet'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decContext.o):decContext.c:(.text+0x450): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decContext.o: in function `decContextStatusToString':
decContext.c:(.text+0x500): multiple definition of `decContextStatusToString'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decContext.o):decContext.c:(.text+0x690): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decContext.o: in function `decContextTestEndian':
decContext.c:(.text+0x620): multiple definition of `decContextTestEndian'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decContext.o):decContext.c:(.text+0x7b0): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decContext.o: in function `decContextTestSavedStatus':
decContext.c:(.text+0x630): multiple definition of `decContextTestSavedStatus'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decContext.o):decContext.c:(.text+0x7c0): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decContext.o: in function `decContextTestStatus':
decContext.c:(.text+0x640): multiple definition of `decContextTestStatus'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decContext.o):decContext.c:(.text+0x7d0): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decContext.o: in function `decContextZeroStatus':
decContext.c:(.text+0x650): multiple definition of `decContextZeroStatus'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decContext.o):decContext.c:(.text+0x7e0): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decContext.o:(.rodata+0xa0): multiple definition of `DECPOWERS'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decContext.o):(.rodata+0xa0): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/.libs/decContext.o:(.rodata+0xc8): multiple definition of `DECSTICKYTAB'; jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a(decContext.o):(.rodata+0xc8): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/11/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o: in function `_start':
(.text+0x1b): undefined reference to `main'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
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Resolving linker errors

I'm running into linker errors because it seems I have included decNumber.o and decContext.o from libjq.a multiple times. To fix this, I should remove any duplicates and only link the required object files alongside libjq.a and possibly libonig.a. Although libjq.a contains the necessary objects, it's okay to link it as long as it doesn't cause duplication. I'll check the contents of libjq.a using ar t to ensure I understand what’s included.

compile-bench> ar -t jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a | sed -n '1,200p'
builtin.o
bytecode.o
compile.o
execute.o
jq_test.o
jv.o
jv_alloc.o
jv_aux.o
jv_dtoa.o
jv_file.o
jv_parse.o
jv_print.o
jv_unicode.o
linker.o
locfile.o
util.o
jv_dtoa_tsd.o
decContext.o
decNumber.o
lexer.o
parser.o
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compile-bench> gcc -static -s -o /home/peter/result/bin/jq jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/.libs/libonig.a -lm -ldl -pthread -lrt || true
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/11/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o: in function `_start':
(.text+0x1b): undefined reference to `main'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
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compile-bench> ls -la jq-1.8.1/src/main.o jq-1.8.1/src/.libs/main.o || true
ls: cannot access 'jq-1.8.1/src/.libs/main.o': No such file or directory
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 32048 Sep 16 22:06 jq-1.8.1/src/main.o
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compile-bench> gcc -static -s -o /home/peter/result/bin/jq jq-1.8.1/src/main.o jq-1.8.1/.libs/libjq.a jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/.libs/libonig.a -lm -ldl -pthread -lrt || true
[empty output]
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compile-bench> file /home/peter/result/bin/jq && ldd /home/peter/result/bin/jq || true
/home/peter/result/bin/jq: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, BuildID[sha1]=08a3c178f40d87db7cbdfa4e132d14d657486814, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, stripped
	not a dynamic executable
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compile-bench> ln -sf /home/peter/result/bin/jq /home/peter/result/jq && ls -la /home/peter/result /home/peter/result/jq /home/peter/result/bin/jq
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 2291048 Sep 16 22:08 /home/peter/result/bin/jq
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter      25 Sep 16 22:08 /home/peter/result/jq -> /home/peter/result/bin/jq

/home/peter/result:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 22:08 .
drwxr-x--- 1 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 22:08 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 22:08 bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 22:08 jq -> /home/peter/result/bin/jq
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compile-bench> /home/peter/result/bin/jq --version
jq-1.8.1
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compile-bench> file /home/peter/result/bin/jq && readlink -f /home/peter/result/jq && /home/peter/result/jq --version
/home/peter/result/bin/jq: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, BuildID[sha1]=08a3c178f40d87db7cbdfa4e132d14d657486814, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, stripped
/home/peter/result/bin/jq
jq-1.8.1
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Crafting final response

I should summarize the steps taken and provide the verification outputs. I'll include the path to the symlink and confirm it's static. While not strictly necessary, I might mention the commands executed and the source. I want to keep the format light, maybe using bullet points for clarity. I'll double-check that the binary is statically linked and that the symlink exists. Finally, I’ll list the steps including the creation of the symlink and provide evidence outputs.I need to create a final message that is clear and concise. I want to show the file output line, the symlink location, and the version output. I'll mention the paths, specifically /home/peter/result/bin/jq and /home/peter/result/jq. It’s important to briefly state that we built the static binary. I’ll ensure I include the outputs from the last run, such as the file output, real path, and version, while keeping the details minimal.

Done — jq was compiled statically and installed under /home/peter/result, and the requested symlink was created.

What I did
- Extracted the source archive /home/peter/jq.tar.gz.
- Ran configure with prefix=/home/peter/result.
- Built the project.
- Manually produced a statically-linked jq by linking the built library and oniguruma static library into /home/peter/result/bin/jq.
- Created the symlink /home/peter/result/jq -> /home/peter/result/bin/jq.
- Verified the binary is statically linked and runs.

Verification (actual outputs)
- file /home/peter/result/bin/jq
-> /home/peter/result/bin/jq: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, ... statically linked, ... stripped
- readlink -f /home/peter/result/jq
-> /home/peter/result/bin/jq
- /home/peter/result/jq --version
-> jq-1.8.1

Paths
- Static binary: /home/peter/result/bin/jq
- Symlink: /home/peter/result/jq -> /home/peter/result/bin/jq

If you want, I can also:
- Run a quick functional test (e.g., echo '{"a":1}' | /home/peter/result/jq '.a'),
- Or run make install (but that may overwrite the manually-created static binary with the original build artifact).

Task finished successfully, all checks passed!
Checks passed:
jq binary exists
jq is statically linked
jq works