CompileBench Attempt: jq-static, gemini-2.5-pro, fauc81mw28665

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Task

jq-static

Performance

Cost	$0.319
Total elapsed time	3m27s
LLM inference time	1m37s
Command execution time	1m50s
Commands executed	26

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Attempt ID	`fauc81mw28665`	Attempt group	run-16-09-22-05
Revision	`fb5c74bd2fee`	AWS Instance	m8i.2xlarge
Start time	2025-09-16T21:51:19.034Z	End time	2025-09-16T21:54:46.368Z
Task	jq-static	Environment	ubuntu-22.04-amd64-offline
Model	gemini-2.5-pro	OpenRouter slug	`google/gemini-2.5-pro`
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	$0.319	Duration	3m27s
LLM inference time	1m37s	Command execution time	1m50s
Final context tokens	35,402	Total output tokens	6,021
Output reasoning tokens	4,392	Messages	55
Assistant messages	27	User messages	1
System messages	1	Commands executed	26

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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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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 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.

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Planning the Compilation

I've started by considering how to extract the tarball using tar. My focus is on ensuring the extraction happens correctly, so the subsequent compilation steps can proceed without issues. I'll pay close attention to the paths.

Detailing the Extraction

I'm now focused on the configure step, following the successful extraction using tar. I've identified the need to specify the installation prefix and static linking. I'll use ./configure --help to explore available options and choose the appropriate flags. This will ensure the build process aligns with the user's specifications.

Initiating the Extraction

I'm focusing on extracting the tarball now using tar -xzf /home/peter/jq.tar.gz, ensuring the source files are in place. Next, I'll move on to configure, then compile. I want to ensure I extract correctly.

compile-bench> tar -xzf /home/peter/jq.tar.gz

[empty output]

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Initiating the Build

I've already extracted the jq source code archive. Now, I'm preparing to navigate into the extracted directory using the cd command. My next action will be to execute the standard build commands, beginning with ./configure.

Discovering the Directory Name

I've determined the next step is to identify the name of the extracted directory. I'll use the ls command to list the contents and pinpoint it. Once I have that, I can cd into it and begin configuring the build, incorporating the --enable-static and --prefix=/home/peter/result flags to satisfy the user's requirements.

compile-bench> ls -d */

jq-1.8.1/

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Examining Compilation Options

I've moved into the jq-1.8.1 directory. My next step involves checking the configure script for options that allow me to specify an installation directory. This seems straightforward, but I need to ensure I understand the configuration parameters to avoid potential issues.

Formulating Configuration Strategy

I'm now focusing on the configure script and the necessary flags. My plan is to execute the configure script with several options: setting the prefix to /home/peter/result, ensuring static linking via --with-oniguruma=builtin and LDFLAGS=-all-static. This should prepare for the build process. I'm considering combining the cd and configure steps for efficiency.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && ./configure --with-oniguruma=builtin LDFLAGS=-all-static --prefix=/home/peter/result

checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/home/peter/jq-1.8.1':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

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Analyzing Build Failures

I've hit a snag. Running the configure script for jq bombed out. The error message points the finger at gcc, the C compiler. My next move is to verify if gcc is even installed, and if so, its current status. Then I'll research common causes for "C compiler cannot create executables" errors, as this will likely provide valuable clues.

Reviewing Config Log

I'm digging into the config.log now. It looks like the configure script is having trouble with the compiler. The error log mentions a problem when trying to compile a simple test program. I'll scrutinize the log for specifics on the failing command and any reported compiler errors. Hopefully the details there will illuminate the root cause.

I encountered an error during the configuration step. It seems the C compiler is not working correctly. I will examine the config.log file to diagnose the issue.

compile-bench> cat jq-1.8.1/config.log

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by jq configure 1.8.1, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71.  Invocation command line was

  $ ./configure --with-oniguruma=builtin LDFLAGS=-all-static --prefix=/home/peter/result

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = 25a3a7249acd
uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 6.8.0-1036-aws
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #38~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 22 15:44:33 UTC 2025

/usr/bin/uname -p = x86_64
/bin/uname -X     = unknown

/bin/arch              = x86_64
/usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
/usr/bin/hostinfo      = unknown
/bin/machine           = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
/bin/universe          = unknown

PATH: /usr/local/sbin/
PATH: /usr/local/bin/
PATH: /usr/sbin/
PATH: /usr/bin/
PATH: /sbin/
PATH: /bin/


## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:2648: looking for aux files: config.guess config.sub ltmain.sh ar-lib missing install-sh compile
configure:2661:  trying ./config/
configure:2690:   ./config/config.guess found
configure:2690:   ./config/config.sub found
configure:2690:   ./config/ltmain.sh found
configure:2690:   ./config/ar-lib found
configure:2690:   ./config/missing found
configure:2672:   ./config/install-sh found
configure:2690:   ./config/compile found
configure:2871: checking for gcc
configure:2892: found /usr/bin/gcc
configure:2903: result: gcc
configure:3256: checking for C compiler version
configure:3265: gcc --version >&5
gcc (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04.2) 11.4.0
Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

configure:3276: $? = 0
configure:3265: gcc -v >&5
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/11/lto-wrapper
OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none:amdgcn-amdhsa
OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04.2' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-11/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2 --prefix=/usr --with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-11 --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib --enable-libphobos-checking=release --with-target-system-zlib=auto --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --enable-cet --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-11-2Y5pKs/gcc-11-11.4.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-11-2Y5pKs/gcc-11-11.4.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr --without-cuda-driver --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-build-config=bootstrap-lto-lean --enable-link-serialization=2
Thread model: posix
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YFLAGS=''
ac_ct_AR=''
ac_ct_CC='gcc'
ac_ct_DUMPBIN=''
am__EXEEXT_FALSE=''
am__EXEEXT_TRUE=''
am__fastdepCC_FALSE=''
am__fastdepCC_TRUE=''
am__include=''
am__isrc=''
am__leading_dot=''
am__nodep=''
am__quote=''
am__tar=''
am__untar=''
ax_pthread_config=''
bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
build=''
build_alias=''
build_cpu=''
build_os=''
build_vendor=''
datadir='${datarootdir}'
datarootdir='${prefix}/share'
docdir='${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}'
dvidir='${docdir}'
exec_prefix='NONE'
host=''
host_alias=''
host_cpu=''
host_os=''
host_vendor=''
htmldir='${docdir}'
includedir='${prefix}/include'
infodir='${datarootdir}/info'
install_sh=''
libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'
localedir='${datarootdir}/locale'
localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
mandir='${datarootdir}/man'
mkdir_p=''
oldincludedir='/usr/include'
onig_CFLAGS=''
onig_LDFLAGS=''
pdfdir='${docdir}'
prefix='/home/peter/result'
program_transform_name='s,x,x,'
psdir='${docdir}'
runstatedir='${localstatedir}/run'
sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
subdirs=''
sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
target_alias=''

## ----------- ##
## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##

/* confdefs.h */
#define PACKAGE_NAME "jq"
#define PACKAGE_TARNAME "jq"
#define PACKAGE_VERSION "1.8.1"
#define PACKAGE_STRING "jq 1.8.1"
#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "https://github.com/jqlang/jq/issues"
#define PACKAGE_URL "https://jqlang.org"

configure: exit 77

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Investigating Build Failure

I've delved into the config.log to pinpoint the compiler issue preventing jq from building. It seems there's a problem with the C compiler on this system, as the script can't create executables. I'm now considering options for resolving this compiler deficiency before attempting the build again.

Addressing Compilation Errors

I've identified the root cause: an incorrect compiler flag, specifically -all-static. My approach now involves rerunning configure with the correct -static flag within LDFLAGS. This is the first step. After that, I will attempt to make and install jq, and then create and verify the symlink, as originally planned. The fix should allow the C compiler to generate the executables correctly, resolving the core build failure.

The config.log reveals the error: gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-all-static’; did you mean ‘--static’?. I used an incorrect flag for the linker. I will now re-run the configure script with the correct LDFLAGS value.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && ./configure --with-oniguruma=builtin LDFLAGS=-static --prefix=/home/peter/result

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... gcc3
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
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/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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Commencing Compilation of jq

I've moved forward and have run the make command. I am now waiting for the compilation to finish. I am hopeful that this will complete without error, and that the binary will be ready to be installed.

Planning Installation of jq

I've successfully completed the compilation of jq. My next step is installation, which I will do using the command make install. Then, I will make a symlink from /home/peter/result/jq to the installed jq binary. Afterwards, I will verify the installation by checking if the symlink points to the correct file.

Commencing Compilation with make

I've decided to execute the make command, foregoing parallel compilation for simplicity. I will let the build run without any additional flags. Afterwards, I'll install it, as planned. I am expecting a successful build so that I can progress further.

Configuration was successful. Now I will compile the code.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make

mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/builtin.inc
mkdir -p src
  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   -g -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c -o regparse.lo regparse.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c regparse.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regparse.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c regparse.c -o regparse.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .deps/regparse.Tpo .deps/regparse.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c -o regcomp.lo regcomp.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c regcomp.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regcomp.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c regcomp.c -o regcomp.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .deps/regcomp.Tpo .deps/regcomp.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c -o regexec.lo regexec.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c regexec.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regexec.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c regexec.c -o regexec.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .deps/regexec.Tpo .deps/regexec.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c -o regenc.lo regenc.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c regenc.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regenc.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c regenc.c -o regenc.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .deps/regenc.Tpo .deps/regenc.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c -o regerror.lo regerror.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c regerror.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regerror.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c regerror.c -o regerror.o >/dev/null 2
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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'
mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/version.h
  CC       src/main.o
  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
  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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ASSISTANT

The compilation was successful. Now I will install the compiled binary.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make install

mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/version.h
make  install-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
Making install in vendor/oniguruma
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
Making install in src
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib'
 /bin/bash ../libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libonig.la '/home/peter/result/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libonig.lai /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.la
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libonig.a /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.a
libtool: install: chmod 644 /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.a
libtool: install: ranlib /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.a
libtool: finish: PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin" ldconfig -n /home/peter/result/lib
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Libraries have been installed in:
   /home/peter/result/lib

If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
specify the full pathname of the library, or use the '-LLIBDIR'
flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
     during execution
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
     during linking
   - use the '-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag
   - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to '/etc/ld.so.conf'

See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/include'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 oniguruma.h oniggnu.h '/home/peter/result/include'
make  install-data-hook
make[5]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-hook'.
make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
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 install in test
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
Making install in sample
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Not
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p '/home/peter/result/bin'
 /usr/bin/install -c onig-config '/home/peter/result/bin'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 oniguruma.pc '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
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'
mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/version.h
  CC       src/main.o
  CCLD     jq
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/version.h
  CC       src/main.o
  CCLD     jq
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib'
 /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libjq.la '/home/peter/result/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libjq.lai /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.la
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libjq.a /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.a
libtool: install: chmod 644 /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.a
libtool: install: ranlib /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.a
libtool: finish: PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin" ldconfig -n /home/peter/result/lib
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Libraries have been installed in:
   /home/peter/result/lib

If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
specify the full pathname of the library, or use the '-LLIBDIR'
flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
     during execution
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
     during linking
   - use the '-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag
   - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to '/etc/ld.so.conf'

See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/bin'
  /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c jq '/home/peter/result/bin'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c jq /home/peter/result/bin/jq
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/share/doc/jq'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 README.md NEWS.md COPYING AUTHORS '/home/peter/result/share/doc/jq'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/include'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 src/jv.h src/jq.h '/home/peter/result/include'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 jq.1 '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libjq.pc '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'

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ASSISTANT

Installation is a success. I will now create the required symlink.

compile-bench> ln -s /home/peter/result/bin/jq /home/peter/result/jq

[empty output]

ASSISTANT

Now, to verify the installation, I'll check the created symlink and the binary.

compile-bench> ls -l /home/peter/result

total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 21:52 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 21:52 include
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 21:52 jq -> /home/peter/result/bin/jq
drwxr-xr-x 3 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 21:52 lib
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 21:52 share

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ASSISTANT

Finally, I will check the linkage of the compiled binary to ensure it is statically linked.

compile-bench> file /home/peter/result/bin/jq

/home/peter/result/bin/jq: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=4554eed58a92dafb3fa5632f08374b7f5b248398, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, with debug_info, not stripped

ASSISTANT

Show reasoning

Debugging Static Linking

I've been wrestling with this static linking issue. After the first failure, I dug into the config.log and identified the missing pieces. Now, I'm trying to incorporate those missing components into the build process to get a fully static jq binary. It's a bit of a scavenger hunt, but I'm making progress.

Re-evaluating Static Linking

I'm now re-examining the build process. The --static flag, which I confirmed with the configure script, didn't produce the desired statically linked output. It seems the build environment may be overriding my instructions somehow. I will examine the Makefile to see where I might be able to force the static linking more definitively.

Refining the Static Link Attempt

I've pinpointed the problem: despite using -static in the configure step, the final jq binary remained dynamically linked. The configure script did report that the flag was valid, though. Now, I'm preparing to rebuild, explicitly setting LDFLAGS=-static during both the make and make install steps, to ensure the linker receives the instruction.

It appears my previous attempt to statically link the binary was unsuccessful, as the file command shows that the compiled jq is dynamically linked. The LDFLAGS=-static flag during the configure step was not enough. I will now try to force the static linking during the compilation phase by passing the LDFLAGS=-static variable to the make command. First, I'll clean the previous build, and then re-compile and install.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make clean

Making clean in vendor/oniguruma
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
Making clean in src
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
test -z "libonig.la" || rm -f libonig.la
rm -f ./so_locations
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
Making clean in test
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
 rm -f test_utf8 test_syntax test_options testc testcu test_regset test_back
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
test -z "test_utf8.log test_syntax.log test_options.log testc.log testcu.log test_regset.log test_back.log" || rm -f test_utf8.log test_syntax.log test_options.log testc.log testcu.log test_regset.log test_back.log
test -z "test_utf8.trs test_syntax.trs test_options.trs testc.trs testcu.trs test_regset.trs test_back.trs" || rm -f test_utf8.trs test_syntax.trs test_options.trs testc.trs testcu.trs test_regset.trs test_back.trs
test -z "test-suite.log" || rm -f test-suite.log
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
Making clean in sample
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
 rm -f encode listcap names simple sql syntax user_property callout echo count bug_fix regset scan callback_each_match
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
test -z "encode.log listcap.log names.log simple.log sql.log syntax.log user_property.log callout.log echo.log count.log bug_fix.log regset.log scan.log callback_each_match.log" || rm -f encode.log listcap.log names.log simple.log sql.log syntax.log user_property.log callout.log echo.log count.log bug_fix.log regset.log scan.log callback_each_match.log
test -z "encode.trs listcap.trs names.trs simple.trs sql.trs syntax.trs user_property.trs callout.trs echo.trs count.trs bug_fix.trs regset.trs scan.trs callback_each_match.trs" || rm -f encode.trs listcap.trs names.trs simple.trs sql.trs syntax.trs user_property.trs callout.trs echo.trs count.trs bug_fix.trs regset.trs scan.trs callback_each_match.trs
test -z "test-suite.log" || rm -f test-suite.log
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
 rm -f jq
test -z "src/version.h .remake-version-h src/builtin.inc src/config_opts.inc jq.1" || rm -f src/version.h .remake-version-h src/builtin.inc src/config_opts.inc jq.1
test -z "libjq.la " || rm -f libjq.la 
rm -f ./so_locations
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -rf src/.libs src/_libs
rm -rf vendor/decNumber/.libs vendor/decNumber/_libs
rm -f *.o
rm -f src/*.o
rm -f src/*.lo
rm -f vendor/decNumber/*.o
rm -f vendor/decNumber/*.lo
test -z "tests/mantest.log tests/jqtest.log tests/shtest.log tests/utf8test.log tests/base64test.log tests/uritest.log tests/optionaltest.log tests/onigtest.log tests/manonigtest.log" || rm -f tests/mantest.log tests/jqtest.log tests/shtest.log tests/utf8test.log tests/base64test.log tests/uritest.log tests/optionaltest.log tests/onigtest.log tests/manonigtest.log
test -z "tests/mantest.trs tests/jqtest.trs tests/shtest.trs tests/utf8test.trs tests/base64test.trs tests/uritest.trs tests/optionaltest.trs tests/onigtest.trs tests/manonigtest.trs" || rm -f tests/mantest.trs tests/jqtest.trs tests/shtest.trs tests/utf8test.trs tests/base64test.trs tests/uritest.trs tests/optionaltest.trs tests/onigtest.trs tests/manonigtest.trs
test -z "test-suite.log" || rm -f test-suite.log
rm -f *.lo
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'

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ASSISTANT

Show reasoning

Defining the Installation

I've got the user's request down: compile jq from source. Static linking is a must. The final destination? /home/peter/result. I also need to create a symbolic link from /home/peter/result/jq to the installed binary. Right now, I've extracted the source archive.

Troubleshooting Static Linking

I'm currently trying to force static linking. While configure completed with the -static flag, the resulting binary was still dynamically linked. I've cleaned the build environment, and I'm now attempting to pass LDFLAGS=-static directly to make. After that, I will rerun the make install command, and I'll verify with the file command if the binary is indeed statically linked this time. I'm prepared to investigate the Makefiles if needed.

I've cleaned the previous build. Now I'll re-run make with the LDFLAGS="-static" flag.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make LDFLAGS=-static

mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/builtin.inc
mkdir -p src
  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   -g -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c -o regparse.lo regparse.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c regparse.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regparse.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c regparse.c -o regparse.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .deps/regparse.Tpo .deps/regparse.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c -o regcomp.lo regcomp.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c regcomp.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regcomp.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c regcomp.c -o regcomp.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .deps/regcomp.Tpo .deps/regcomp.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c -o regexec.lo regexec.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c regexec.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regexec.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c regexec.c -o regexec.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .deps/regexec.Tpo .deps/regexec.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c -o regenc.lo regenc.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c regenc.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regenc.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c regenc.c -o regenc.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .deps/regenc.Tpo .deps/regenc.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c -o regerror.lo regerror.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c regerror.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/regerror.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c regerror.c -o regerror.o >/dev/null 2
[command output truncated]
nig.la -rpath /home/peter/result/lib regparse.lo regcomp.lo regexec.lo regenc.lo regerror.lo regext.lo regsyntax.lo regtrav.lo regversion.lo st.lo reggnu.lo  unicode.lo unicode_unfold_key.lo unicode_fold1_key.lo unicode_fold2_key.lo unicode_fold3_key.lo ascii.lo utf8.lo utf16_be.lo utf16_le.lo utf32_be.lo utf32_le.lo euc_jp.lo euc_jp_prop.lo 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'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'all-am'.
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/main.o
  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
  CCLD     libjq.la
  CCLD     jq
  GEN      jq.1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'

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ASSISTANT

The compilation with LDFLAGS=-static seems to have completed successfully. Now I will install the newly compiled binary. After that, I will verify the static linking again.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make install

make  install-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
Making install in vendor/oniguruma
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
Making install in src
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib'
 /bin/bash ../libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libonig.la '/home/peter/result/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libonig.lai /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.la
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libonig.a /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.a
libtool: install: chmod 644 /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.a
libtool: install: ranlib /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.a
libtool: finish: PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin" ldconfig -n /home/peter/result/lib
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Libraries have been installed in:
   /home/peter/result/lib

If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
specify the full pathname of the library, or use the '-LLIBDIR'
flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
     during execution
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
     during linking
   - use the '-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag
   - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to '/etc/ld.so.conf'

See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
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 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/include'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 oniguruma.h oniggnu.h '/home/peter/result/include'
make  install-data-hook
make[5]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-hook'.
make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
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Making install in test
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
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Making install in sample
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.

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make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/bin'
 /usr/bin/install -c onig-config '/home/peter/result/bin'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 oniguruma.pc '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
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'
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib'
 /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libjq.la '/home/peter/result/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libjq.lai /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.la
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libjq.a /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.a
libtool: install: chmod 644 /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.a
libtool: install: ranlib /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.a
libtool: finish: PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin" ldconfig -n /home/peter/result/lib
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Libraries have been installed in:
   /home/peter/result/lib

If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
specify the full pathname of the library, or use the '-LLIBDIR'
flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
     during execution
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
     during linking
   - use the '-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag
   - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to '/etc/ld.so.conf'

See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
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 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/bin'
  /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c jq '/home/peter/result/bin'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c jq /home/peter/result/bin/jq
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/share/doc/jq'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 README.md NEWS.md COPYING AUTHORS '/home/peter/result/share/doc/jq'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/include'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 src/jv.h src/jq.h '/home/peter/result/include'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 jq.1 '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libjq.pc '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'

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I have re-installed jq. Now I will run the file command again to verify that the binary is statically linked as requested.

compile-bench> file /home/peter/result/bin/jq

/home/peter/result/bin/jq: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=4554eed58a92dafb3fa5632f08374b7f5b248398, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, with debug_info, not stripped

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Formulating a Strategy

I'm currently working on the jq compilation and installation. Extracting the source code is the first logical step, and then I'll need to focus on the static linking aspect during the build process. After that, I'll handle the symlink creation to the designated directory.

Revising the Approach

I've hit a snag with the LDFLAGS=-all-static flag during the configure step, leading to an unrecognized option error. I'll now attempt to enforce static linking through CFLAGS=-static and LDFLAGS=-static. After that, I'll resume with the make, make install, and symlink creation steps, verifying the results with file and ls -l commands.

Addressing Static Linking

I've just cleaned the build directory using make clean in jq-1.8.1. My updated plan is now to recompile with make LDFLAGS=-static to try a more direct approach to static linking. I'm hoping that this method will produce the desired statically linked binary, which I will then verify.

Troubleshooting Static Linking

I'm now running into a more difficult issue. After repeated attempts to use -static flags, the resulting jq binary remains dynamically linked. I suspect the build system is overriding my instructions, so I'll try a more aggressive approach: I will disable shared libraries explicitly with --disable-shared during the configure step, alongside --enable-static.

Disabling Shared Libraries

I've just cleaned the build directory. Now, I'll configure jq again, this time explicitly disabling shared libraries with --disable-shared and enabling static linking using --enable-static. I'll also keep the LDFLAGS=-static in the hope it helps. After the build and install, I'll verify the linking.

It seems that my previous attempts to statically link the jq binary were unsuccessful. The build process is still producing a dynamically linked executable. I will try a different approach. I will re-configure the build from scratch, this time explicitly disabling shared libraries and enabling static ones during the configure step. I'll start by cleaning the build directory again.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make clean

Making clean in vendor/oniguruma
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
Making clean in src
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
test -z "libonig.la" || rm -f libonig.la
rm -f ./so_locations
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
Making clean in test
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
 rm -f test_utf8 test_syntax test_options testc testcu test_regset test_back
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
test -z "test_utf8.log test_syntax.log test_options.log testc.log testcu.log test_regset.log test_back.log" || rm -f test_utf8.log test_syntax.log test_options.log testc.log testcu.log test_regset.log test_back.log
test -z "test_utf8.trs test_syntax.trs test_options.trs testc.trs testcu.trs test_regset.trs test_back.trs" || rm -f test_utf8.trs test_syntax.trs test_options.trs testc.trs testcu.trs test_regset.trs test_back.trs
test -z "test-suite.log" || rm -f test-suite.log
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
Making clean in sample
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
 rm -f encode listcap names simple sql syntax user_property callout echo count bug_fix regset scan callback_each_match
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
test -z "encode.log listcap.log names.log simple.log sql.log syntax.log user_property.log callout.log echo.log count.log bug_fix.log regset.log scan.log callback_each_match.log" || rm -f encode.log listcap.log names.log simple.log sql.log syntax.log user_property.log callout.log echo.log count.log bug_fix.log regset.log scan.log callback_each_match.log
test -z "encode.trs listcap.trs names.trs simple.trs sql.trs syntax.trs user_property.trs callout.trs echo.trs count.trs bug_fix.trs regset.trs scan.trs callback_each_match.trs" || rm -f encode.trs listcap.trs names.trs simple.trs sql.trs syntax.trs user_property.trs callout.trs echo.trs count.trs bug_fix.trs regset.trs scan.trs callback_each_match.trs
test -z "test-suite.log" || rm -f test-suite.log
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
 rm -f jq
test -z "src/version.h .remake-version-h src/builtin.inc src/config_opts.inc jq.1" || rm -f src/version.h .remake-version-h src/builtin.inc src/config_opts.inc jq.1
test -z "libjq.la " || rm -f libjq.la 
rm -f ./so_locations
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -rf src/.libs src/_libs
rm -rf vendor/decNumber/.libs vendor/decNumber/_libs
rm -f *.o
rm -f src/*.o
rm -f src/*.lo
rm -f vendor/decNumber/*.o
rm -f vendor/decNumber/*.lo
test -z "tests/mantest.log tests/jqtest.log tests/shtest.log tests/utf8test.log tests/base64test.log tests/uritest.log tests/optionaltest.log tests/onigtest.log tests/manonigtest.log" || rm -f tests/mantest.log tests/jqtest.log tests/shtest.log tests/utf8test.log tests/base64test.log tests/uritest.log tests/optionaltest.log tests/onigtest.log tests/manonigtest.log
test -z "tests/mantest.trs tests/jqtest.trs tests/shtest.trs tests/utf8test.trs tests/base64test.trs tests/uritest.trs tests/optionaltest.trs tests/onigtest.trs tests/manonigtest.trs" || rm -f tests/mantest.trs tests/jqtest.trs tests/shtest.trs tests/utf8test.trs tests/base64test.trs tests/uritest.trs tests/optionaltest.trs tests/onigtest.trs tests/manonigtest.trs
test -z "test-suite.log" || rm -f test-suite.log
rm -f *.lo
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'

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Investigating Static Linking

I've been trying to get jq built statically, but hitting a wall. My initial attempt using ./configure LDFLAGS=-all-static bombed because that flag isn't recognized. Next, I explored LDFLAGS=-static but that also didn't work. I'm starting to think the build system is preventing static linking altogether. I will now look into using a container.

Exploring Configuration Options

I've wiped the slate clean and am now trying a more direct approach. My new strategy involves running configure with the --disable-shared and --enable-static flags, while keeping LDFLAGS='-static' just in case. After a clean build, I'll install and verify static linking with the file command. I'm cautiously optimistic, hoping this overrides the defaults.

Formulating a New Approach

I've completely revamped my strategy and am now taking a more thorough path. After cleaning the build directory, I'm going to run configure with --disable-shared, --enable-static, and LDFLAGS='-static'. Then, I'll make and install. Finally, I will verify the static linking with file command to ensure success, and check the symlink. This approach seems like my best shot, considering previous failures.

The build directory has been cleaned. Now I will re-configure the build with flags to disable shared libraries and enable static ones.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && ./configure --with-oniguruma=builtin --disable-shared --enable-static LDFLAGS=-static --prefix=/home/peter/result

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... gcc3
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
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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 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 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... no
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for sys/times.h... 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: src/config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
config.status: executing default commands

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Attempting Static Compilation

I've been trying to build jq statically. My previous configurations, even with --disable-shared and --enable-static, resulted in dynamically linked binaries. I've reconfigured the build with LDFLAGS=-static to ensure static linking and will now initiate the build. Fingers crossed this works!

Commencing Compilation Process

I've initiated the make command to compile jq. The configuration steps, which included setting LDFLAGS=-static and configuring for static linking, appeared successful. I'm now watching the compilation output, hoping for a clean build without dynamic dependencies.

The new configuration has been successfully applied. Now I will compile the code.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make

mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/builtin.inc
mkdir -p src
  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   -g -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c -o regparse.lo regparse.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c regparse.c -o regparse.o
mv -f .deps/regparse.Tpo .deps/regparse.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c -o regcomp.lo regcomp.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c regcomp.c -o regcomp.o
mv -f .deps/regcomp.Tpo .deps/regcomp.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c -o regexec.lo regexec.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c regexec.c -o regexec.o
mv -f .deps/regexec.Tpo .deps/regexec.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c -o regenc.lo regenc.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c regenc.c -o regenc.o
mv -f .deps/regenc.Tpo .deps/regenc.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c -o regerror.lo regerror.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c regerror.c -o regerror.o
mv -f .deps/regerror.Tpo .deps/regerror.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regext.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regext.Tpo -c -o regext.lo regext.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regext.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regext.Tpo -c regext.c -o regext.o
mv -f .deps/regext.Tpo .deps/regext.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regsyntax.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regsyntax.Tpo -c -o regsyntax.lo regsyntax.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regsyntax.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regsyntax.Tpo -c regsyntax.c -o regsyntax.o
mv -f .deps/regsyntax.Tpo .deps/regsyntax.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT 
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uc_jp.lo euc_jp_prop.lo 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/main.o
  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
  CCLD     libjq.la
  CCLD     jq
  GEN      jq.1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
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ASSISTANT

The compilation appears successful. Now I will install the newly compiled binary and then verify its static linking.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make install

make  install-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
Making install in vendor/oniguruma
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
Making install in src
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib'
 /bin/bash ../libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libonig.la '/home/peter/result/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libonig.lai /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.la
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libonig.a /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.a
libtool: install: chmod 644 /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.a
libtool: install: ranlib /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.a
libtool: finish: PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin" ldconfig -n /home/peter/result/lib
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Libraries have been installed in:
   /home/peter/result/lib

If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
specify the full pathname of the library, or use the '-LLIBDIR'
flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
     during execution
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
     during linking
   - use the '-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag
   - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to '/etc/ld.so.conf'

See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/include'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 oniguruma.h oniggnu.h '/home/peter/result/include'
make  install-data-hook
make[5]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-hook'.
make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
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 install in test
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
Making install in sample
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.

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make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/bin'
 /usr/bin/install -c onig-config '/home/peter/result/bin'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 oniguruma.pc '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
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'
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib'
 /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libjq.la '/home/peter/result/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libjq.lai /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.la
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libjq.a /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.a
libtool: install: chmod 644 /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.a
libtool: install: ranlib /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.a
libtool: finish: PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin" ldconfig -n /home/peter/result/lib
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Libraries have been installed in:
   /home/peter/result/lib

If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
specify the full pathname of the library, or use the '-LLIBDIR'
flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
     during execution
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
     during linking
   - use the '-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag
   - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to '/etc/ld.so.conf'

See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/bin'
  /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c jq '/home/peter/result/bin'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c jq /home/peter/result/bin/jq
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/share/doc/jq'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 README.md NEWS.md COPYING AUTHORS '/home/peter/result/share/doc/jq'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/include'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 src/jv.h src/jq.h '/home/peter/result/include'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 jq.1 '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libjq.pc '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'

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ASSISTANT

I have installed the newly compiled jq. I'll now check to see if this version is statically linked.

compile-bench> file /home/peter/result/bin/jq

/home/peter/result/bin/jq: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=2ce9ffe51f1a54a978ccce1170d0fe91b2b4f09e, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, with debug_info, not stripped

ASSISTANT

I see that even with --disable-shared --enable-static and LDFLAGS=-static, the resulting binary is still dynamically linked. This is a persistent issue. It's likely that the build system for jq has some intricacies that I am not fully addressing. I will now try one final, more forceful, approach. I will pass the -static flag directly to the C compiler by setting the CC variable during the make process. First, I'll clean the build.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make clean

Making clean in vendor/oniguruma
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
Making clean in src
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
test -z "libonig.la" || rm -f libonig.la
rm -f ./so_locations
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
Making clean in test
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
 rm -f test_utf8 test_syntax test_options testc testcu test_regset test_back
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
test -z "test_utf8.log test_syntax.log test_options.log testc.log testcu.log test_regset.log test_back.log" || rm -f test_utf8.log test_syntax.log test_options.log testc.log testcu.log test_regset.log test_back.log
test -z "test_utf8.trs test_syntax.trs test_options.trs testc.trs testcu.trs test_regset.trs test_back.trs" || rm -f test_utf8.trs test_syntax.trs test_options.trs testc.trs testcu.trs test_regset.trs test_back.trs
test -z "test-suite.log" || rm -f test-suite.log
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
Making clean in sample
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
 rm -f encode listcap names simple sql syntax user_property callout echo count bug_fix regset scan callback_each_match
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
test -z "encode.log listcap.log names.log simple.log sql.log syntax.log user_property.log callout.log echo.log count.log bug_fix.log regset.log scan.log callback_each_match.log" || rm -f encode.log listcap.log names.log simple.log sql.log syntax.log user_property.log callout.log echo.log count.log bug_fix.log regset.log scan.log callback_each_match.log
test -z "encode.trs listcap.trs names.trs simple.trs sql.trs syntax.trs user_property.trs callout.trs echo.trs count.trs bug_fix.trs regset.trs scan.trs callback_each_match.trs" || rm -f encode.trs listcap.trs names.trs simple.trs sql.trs syntax.trs user_property.trs callout.trs echo.trs count.trs bug_fix.trs regset.trs scan.trs callback_each_match.trs
test -z "test-suite.log" || rm -f test-suite.log
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
 rm -f jq
test -z "src/version.h .remake-version-h src/builtin.inc src/config_opts.inc jq.1" || rm -f src/version.h .remake-version-h src/builtin.inc src/config_opts.inc jq.1
test -z "libjq.la " || rm -f libjq.la 
rm -f ./so_locations
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -rf src/.libs src/_libs
rm -rf vendor/decNumber/.libs vendor/decNumber/_libs
rm -f *.o
rm -f src/*.o
rm -f src/*.lo
rm -f vendor/decNumber/*.o
rm -f vendor/decNumber/*.lo
test -z "tests/mantest.log tests/jqtest.log tests/shtest.log tests/utf8test.log tests/base64test.log tests/uritest.log tests/optionaltest.log tests/onigtest.log tests/manonigtest.log" || rm -f tests/mantest.log tests/jqtest.log tests/shtest.log tests/utf8test.log tests/base64test.log tests/uritest.log tests/optionaltest.log tests/onigtest.log tests/manonigtest.log
test -z "tests/mantest.trs tests/jqtest.trs tests/shtest.trs tests/utf8test.trs tests/base64test.trs tests/uritest.trs tests/optionaltest.trs tests/onigtest.trs tests/manonigtest.trs" || rm -f tests/mantest.trs tests/jqtest.trs tests/shtest.trs tests/utf8test.trs tests/base64test.trs tests/uritest.trs tests/optionaltest.trs tests/onigtest.trs tests/manonigtest.trs
test -z "test-suite.log" || rm -f test-suite.log
rm -f *.lo
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'

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ASSISTANT

I have cleaned the build directory. Now, I will re-compile and use CC='gcc -static' to force static linking.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make CC='gcc -static'

mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/builtin.inc
mkdir -p src
  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 -static -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c -o regparse.lo regparse.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c regparse.c -o regparse.o
mv -f .deps/regparse.Tpo .deps/regparse.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -static -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c -o regcomp.lo regcomp.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c regcomp.c -o regcomp.o
mv -f .deps/regcomp.Tpo .deps/regcomp.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -static -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c -o regexec.lo regexec.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c regexec.c -o regexec.o
mv -f .deps/regexec.Tpo .deps/regexec.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -static -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c -o regenc.lo regenc.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c regenc.c -o regenc.o
mv -f .deps/regenc.Tpo .deps/regenc.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -static -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c -o regerror.lo regerror.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c regerror.c -o regerror.o
mv -f .deps/regerror.Tpo .deps/regerror.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -static -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regext.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regext.Tpo -c -o regext.lo regext.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regext.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regext.Tpo -c regext.c -o regext.o
mv -f .deps/regext.Tpo .deps/regext.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -static -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regsyntax.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regsyntax.Tpo -c -o regsyntax.lo regsyntax.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regsyntax.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regsyntax.Tpo -c regsyntax.c -o regsyntax.o
mv -f .deps/regsyntax.Tpo .deps/regsyntax.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=co
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nig.la -rpath /home/peter/result/lib regparse.lo regcomp.lo regexec.lo regenc.lo regerror.lo regext.lo regsyntax.lo regtrav.lo regversion.lo st.lo reggnu.lo  unicode.lo unicode_unfold_key.lo unicode_fold1_key.lo unicode_fold2_key.lo unicode_fold3_key.lo ascii.lo utf8.lo utf16_be.lo utf16_le.lo utf32_be.lo utf32_le.lo euc_jp.lo euc_jp_prop.lo 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'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'all-am'.
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/main.o
  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
  CCLD     libjq.la
  CCLD     jq
  GEN      jq.1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'

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ASSISTANT

This compilation seems to have been successful. I will now install this new binary. I hope that this time it works.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make install

make  install-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
Making install in vendor/oniguruma
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
Making install in src
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib'
 /bin/bash ../libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libonig.la '/home/peter/result/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libonig.lai /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.la
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libonig.a /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.a
libtool: install: chmod 644 /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.a
libtool: install: ranlib /home/peter/result/lib/libonig.a
libtool: finish: PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin" ldconfig -n /home/peter/result/lib
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Libraries have been installed in:
   /home/peter/result/lib

If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
specify the full pathname of the library, or use the '-LLIBDIR'
flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
     during execution
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
     during linking
   - use the '-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag
   - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to '/etc/ld.so.conf'

See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
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 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/include'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 oniguruma.h oniggnu.h '/home/peter/result/include'
make  install-data-hook
make[5]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-hook'.
make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
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 install in test
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
Making install in sample
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.

[command output truncated]

make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/bin'
 /usr/bin/install -c onig-config '/home/peter/result/bin'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 oniguruma.pc '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
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'
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib'
 /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libjq.la '/home/peter/result/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libjq.lai /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.la
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libjq.a /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.a
libtool: install: chmod 644 /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.a
libtool: install: ranlib /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.a
libtool: finish: PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin" ldconfig -n /home/peter/result/lib
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Libraries have been installed in:
   /home/peter/result/lib

If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
specify the full pathname of the library, or use the '-LLIBDIR'
flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
     during execution
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
     during linking
   - use the '-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag
   - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to '/etc/ld.so.conf'

See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
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 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/bin'
  /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c jq '/home/peter/result/bin'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c jq /home/peter/result/bin/jq
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/share/doc/jq'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 README.md NEWS.md COPYING AUTHORS '/home/peter/result/share/doc/jq'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/include'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 src/jv.h src/jq.h '/home/peter/result/include'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 jq.1 '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libjq.pc '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'

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ASSISTANT

After trying several methods, I still haven't been able to produce a statically linked binary. I will now try to re-run the configure script, and then, I'll use the make command with both the CC='gcc -static' and the LDFLAGS='-static' variables. This is my last attempt to fulfill the user's request. First, another clean.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make clean

Making clean in vendor/oniguruma
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
Making clean in src
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
test -z "libonig.la" || rm -f libonig.la
rm -f ./so_locations
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
Making clean in test
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
 rm -f test_utf8 test_syntax test_options testc testcu test_regset test_back
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
test -z "test_utf8.log test_syntax.log test_options.log testc.log testcu.log test_regset.log test_back.log" || rm -f test_utf8.log test_syntax.log test_options.log testc.log testcu.log test_regset.log test_back.log
test -z "test_utf8.trs test_syntax.trs test_options.trs testc.trs testcu.trs test_regset.trs test_back.trs" || rm -f test_utf8.trs test_syntax.trs test_options.trs testc.trs testcu.trs test_regset.trs test_back.trs
test -z "test-suite.log" || rm -f test-suite.log
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
Making clean in sample
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
 rm -f encode listcap names simple sql syntax user_property callout echo count bug_fix regset scan callback_each_match
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
test -z "encode.log listcap.log names.log simple.log sql.log syntax.log user_property.log callout.log echo.log count.log bug_fix.log regset.log scan.log callback_each_match.log" || rm -f encode.log listcap.log names.log simple.log sql.log syntax.log user_property.log callout.log echo.log count.log bug_fix.log regset.log scan.log callback_each_match.log
test -z "encode.trs listcap.trs names.trs simple.trs sql.trs syntax.trs user_property.trs callout.trs echo.trs count.trs bug_fix.trs regset.trs scan.trs callback_each_match.trs" || rm -f encode.trs listcap.trs names.trs simple.trs sql.trs syntax.trs user_property.trs callout.trs echo.trs count.trs bug_fix.trs regset.trs scan.trs callback_each_match.trs
test -z "test-suite.log" || rm -f test-suite.log
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.lo
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
 rm -f jq
test -z "src/version.h .remake-version-h src/builtin.inc src/config_opts.inc jq.1" || rm -f src/version.h .remake-version-h src/builtin.inc src/config_opts.inc jq.1
test -z "libjq.la " || rm -f libjq.la 
rm -f ./so_locations
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -rf src/.libs src/_libs
rm -rf vendor/decNumber/.libs vendor/decNumber/_libs
rm -f *.o
rm -f src/*.o
rm -f src/*.lo
rm -f vendor/decNumber/*.o
rm -f vendor/decNumber/*.lo
test -z "tests/mantest.log tests/jqtest.log tests/shtest.log tests/utf8test.log tests/base64test.log tests/uritest.log tests/optionaltest.log tests/onigtest.log tests/manonigtest.log" || rm -f tests/mantest.log tests/jqtest.log tests/shtest.log tests/utf8test.log tests/base64test.log tests/uritest.log tests/optionaltest.log tests/onigtest.log tests/manonigtest.log
test -z "tests/mantest.trs tests/jqtest.trs tests/shtest.trs tests/utf8test.trs tests/base64test.trs tests/uritest.trs tests/optionaltest.trs tests/onigtest.trs tests/manonigtest.trs" || rm -f tests/mantest.trs tests/jqtest.trs tests/shtest.trs tests/utf8test.trs tests/base64test.trs tests/uritest.trs tests/optionaltest.trs tests/onigtest.trs tests/manonigtest.trs
test -z "test-suite.log" || rm -f test-suite.log
rm -f *.lo
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'

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ASSISTANT

I have cleaned the build directory. Now, I will re-run the configure and make commands with all the static-linking flags I've tried so far.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && ./configure --with-oniguruma=builtin --disable-shared --enable-static LDFLAGS=-static --prefix=/home/peter/result && make CC='gcc -static' LDFLAGS='-static' && make install

make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
/usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/bin'
/usr/bin/install -c onig-config '/home/peter/result/bin'
/usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 oniguruma.pc '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
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'
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
/usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib'
/bin/bash ./libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c libjq.la '/home/peter/result/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libjq.lai /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.la
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libjq.a /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.a
libtool: install: chmod 644 /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.a
libtool: install: ranlib /home/peter/result/lib/libjq.a
libtool: finish: PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin" ldconfig -n /home/peter/result/lib
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Libraries have been installed in:
/home/peter/result/lib

If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
specify the full pathname of the library, or use the '-LLIBDIR'
flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
- add LIBDIR to the 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
during execution
- add LIBDIR to the 'LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
during linking
- use the '-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag
- have your system administrator add LIBDIR to '/etc/ld.so.conf'

See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
/usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/bin'
/bin/bash ./libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c jq '/home/peter/result/bin'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c jq /home/peter/result/bin/jq
/usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/share/doc/jq'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 README.md NEWS.md COPYING AUTHORS '/home/peter/result/share/doc/jq'
/usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/include'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 src/jv.h src/jq.h '/home/peter/result/include'
/usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 jq.1 '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
/usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libjq.pc '/home/peter/result/lib/pkgconfig'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'

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ASSISTANT

I have recompiled and reinstalled the package with all the previously attempted flags combined. Now, I will check the linkage of the resulting binary one last time.

compile-bench> file /home/peter/result/bin/jq

/home/peter/result/bin/jq: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=2ce9ffe51f1a54a978ccce1170d0fe91b2b4f09e, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, with debug_info, not stripped

ASSISTANT

I have tried multiple methods to compile a statically linked version of jq, but each attempt has resulted in a dynamically linked executable. This indicates a deeper issue with the build process of this specific package that is beyond what can be easily addressed with command-line flags. I will now create the symlink as requested, and will acknowledge that the binary is not statically linked as originally requested.

compile-bench> ln -sf /home/peter/result/bin/jq /home/peter/result/jq

[empty output]

ASSISTANT

I am now finished with the user's request.
I have successfully compiled and installed jq to /home/peter/result and created a symlink from /home/peter/result/jq to the compiled binary. However, despite multiple attempts to force static linking, the resulting binary is dynamically linked. I have exhausted all the common methods for forcing static compilation, and it appears that this particular package has a build system that is not straightforwardly compatible with static linking.

Final verification:
* The jq binary is at /home/peter/result/bin/jq
* A symlink exists at /home/peter/result/jq pointing to the binary.
* The binary is dynamically, not statically, linked.

Task failed!

Error

task failed: jq is not statically linked

Checks passed:

jq binary exists

jq works

Checks failed:

jq is not statically linked