Summary
Performance
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Total elapsed time1m39s
LLM inference time1m8s
Command execution time31s
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Attempt ID g3gktvoafpz5u Attempt group run-16-09-22-05
Revision fb5c74bd2fee AWS Instance m8i.2xlarge
Start time 2025-09-16T20:14:39.148Z End time 2025-09-16T20:16:26.136Z
Task jq-windows Environment ubuntu-22.04-amd64-wine
Model glm-4.5 logo glm-4.5 OpenRouter slug z-ai/glm-4.5
Temperature 1 Explicit prompt caching false
User msg after tool call false Max tool calls 100
Total timeout seconds 2400 Single command timeout 1200
Cost $0.091 Duration 1m39s
LLM inference time 1m8s Command execution time 31s
Final context tokens 13,506 Total output tokens 2,105
Output reasoning tokens 1,179 Messages 39
Assistant messages 19 User messages 1
System messages 1 Commands executed 18
Task
Task: jq-windows

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

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

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

Environment:
Ubuntu 22.04 on amd64, with internet access.

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.
- You can use sudo.
If you encounter any errors or issues while doing the user's request, you must fix them and continue the task.
At the end verify you did the user request correctly.

USER

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

ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

The user wants me to compile jq v1.8.1 for Windows amd64 architecture and install it to /home/peter/result/jq.exe. They want it built statically.

First, let me check what's in the current directory and see if jq.tar.gz is there. Then I'll need to:

1. Extract the tar.gz file
2. Set up a cross-compilation environment for Windows amd64
3. Configure the build for static linking
4. Build jq
5. Copy the result to /home/peter/result/jq.exe

Let me start by checking what's in the current directory.

I'll help you compile jq v1.8.1 for Windows amd64 with static linking. Let me start by checking what's available in the current directory and then set up the cross-compilation environment.

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

Great, I can see the jq.tar.gz file is present. Now I need to:

1. Extract the jq source code
2. Install cross-compilation tools for Windows (mingw-w64)
3. Configure and build jq statically for Windows amd64
4. Install the result to /home/peter/result/jq.exe

Let me start by extracting the source code and checking what's inside.

compile-bench> tar -xzf jq.tar.gz
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ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

Now I need to see what was extracted and check the contents of the directory to understand the structure.

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

Now I need to set up the cross-compilation environment for Windows. I need to install the MinGW-w64 toolchain to compile for Windows amd64. Let me check what's available and install the necessary packages.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && ls -la
total 1184
drwxr-xr-x 9 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 .
drwxr-x--- 1 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 20:14 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  10686 Jul  1 11:39 AUTHORS
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   7887 Jul  1 11:39 COPYING
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  33286 Jul  1 11:39 ChangeLog
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   9090 Jul  1 11:39 Makefile.am
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  75461 Jul  1 11:39 Makefile.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  24670 Jul  1 11:39 NEWS.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   2434 Jul  1 11:39 README.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  46459 Jul  1 11:39 aclocal.m4
drwxr-xr-x 3 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 665647 Jul  1 11:39 configure
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   9881 Jul  1 11:39 configure.ac
drwxr-xr-x 5 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 docs
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 124253 Jul  1 11:39 jq.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 124253 Jul  1 11:39 jq.1.prebuilt
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   1431 Jul  1 11:39 jq.spec
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    255 Jul  1 11:39 libjq.pc
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    246 Jul  1 11:39 libjq.pc.in
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 m4
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 scripts
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 src
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 tests
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 vendor
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ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

Now I need to compile jq for Windows AMD64. This is a cross-compilation task. I need to:

1. Install the necessary cross-compilation tools for Windows (MinGW-w64)
2. Configure the build for Windows x86_64 target
3. Build statically linked jq
4. Install it to the specified location

Let me first install the required cross-compilation tools.

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E: Unable to locate package mingw-w64-x86-64-gcc
E: Unable to locate package mingw-w64-x86-64-binutils
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ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

It seems the package names I used are not correct. Let me check what the correct package names are for mingw-w64 on Ubuntu 22.04.

compile-bench> sudo apt search mingw-w64
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binutils-mingw-w64/jammy 2.38-3ubuntu1+9build1 all
  Cross-binutils for Win32 and Win64 using MinGW-w64

binutils-mingw-w64-i686/jammy 2.38-3ubuntu1+9build1 amd64
  Cross-binutils for Win32 (x86) using MinGW-w64

binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64/jammy 2.38-3ubuntu1+9build1 amd64
  Cross-binutils for Win64 (x64) using MinGW-w64

g++-mingw-w64/jammy 10.3.0-14ubuntu1+24.3 all
  GNU C++ compiler for MinGW-w64

g++-mingw-w64-i686/jammy 10.3.0-14ubuntu1+24.3 all
  GNU C++ compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32

g++-mingw-w64-i686-posix/jammy 10.3.0-14ubuntu1+24.3 amd64
  GNU C++ compiler for MinGW-w64, Win32/POSIX

g++-mingw-w64-i686-win32/jammy 10.3.0-14ubuntu1+24.3 amd64
  GNU C++ compiler for MinGW-w64, Win32/Win32

g++-mingw-w64-x86-64/jammy 10.3.0-14ubuntu1+24.3 all
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g++-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix/jammy 10.3.0-14ubuntu1+24.3 amd64
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g++-mingw-w64-x86-64-win32/jammy 10.3.0-14ubuntu1+24.3 amd64
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gcc-mingw-w64-base/jammy 10.3.0-14ubuntu1+24.3 amd64
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gcc-mingw-w64-i686/jammy 10.3.0-14ubuntu1+24.3 all
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  GNU C compiler for MinGW-w64, Win32/POSIX

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gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-win32/jammy 10.3.0-14ubuntu1+24.3 amd64
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gobjc-mingw-w64-x86-64/jammy 10.3.0-14ubuntu1+24.3 all
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gobjc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix/jammy 10.3.0-14ubuntu1+24.3 amd64
  GNU Objective-C compiler for MinGW-w64, Win64/POSIX

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libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev/jammy 1.9.4-3ubuntu3 all
  LGPL Crypto library - Windows development

libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev/jammy 1.43-3 all
  library of error values and messages in GnuPG (Windows development)

libksba-mingw-w64-dev/jammy-updates,jammy-security 1.6.0-2ubuntu0.2 all
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win-iconv-mingw-w64-dev/jammy 0.0.8-4 all
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Now I can see the correct package names. I need to install the mingw-w64 development packages. Let me install the correct packages:

- mingw-w64-x86-64-dev (development files for Win64)
- gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 (GNU C compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64)
- binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 (Cross-binutils for Win64 using MinGW-w64)

I should probably use the posix variant as it's generally recommended for better compatibility.

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Great! Now I have the MinGW-w64 cross-compilation tools installed. I need to configure jq to build for Windows x86_64 with static linking. Let me check if I need to install any additional dependencies and then configure and build jq.

First, let me check what configure options are available:

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && ./configure --help
`configure' configures jq 1.8.1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.

Usage: ./configure [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...

To assign environment variables (e.g., CC, CFLAGS...), specify them as
VAR=VALUE.  See below for descriptions of some of the useful variables.

Defaults for the options are specified in brackets.

Configuration:
  -h, --help              display this help and exit
      --help=short        display options specific to this package
      --help=recursive    display the short help of all the included packages
  -V, --version           display version information and exit
  -q, --quiet, --silent   do not print `checking ...' messages
      --cache-file=FILE   cache test results in FILE [disabled]
  -C, --config-cache      alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'
  -n, --no-create         do not create output files
      --srcdir=DIR        find the sources in DIR [configure dir or `..']

Installation directories:
  --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
                          [/usr/local]
  --exec-prefix=EPREFIX   install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
                          [PREFIX]

By default, `make install' will install all the files in
`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/lib' etc.  You can specify
an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' using `--prefix',
for instance `--prefix=$HOME'.

For better control, use the options below.

Fine tuning of the installation directories:
  --bindir=DIR            user executables [EPREFIX/bin]
  --sbindir=DIR           system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]
  --libexecdir=DIR        program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]
  --sysconfdir=DIR        read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
  --sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
  --localstatedir=DIR     modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
  --runstatedir=DIR       modifiable per-process data [LOCALSTATEDIR/run]
  --libdir=DIR            object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
  --includedir=DIR        C header files [PREFIX/include]
  --oldincludedir=DIR     C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
  --datarootdir=DIR       read-only arch.-independent data root [PREFIX/share]
  --datadir=DIR           read-only architecture-independent data [DATAROOTDIR]
  --infodir=DIR           info documentation [DATAROOTDIR/info]
  --localedir=DIR         locale-dependent data [DATAROOTDIR/locale]
  --mandir=DIR            man documentation [DATAROOTDIR/man]
  --docdir=DIR            documentation root [DATAROOTDIR/doc/jq]
  --htmldir=DIR           html documentation [DOCDIR]
  --dvidir=DIR            dvi documentation [DOCDIR]
  --pdfdir=DIR            pdf documentation [DOCDIR]
  --psdir=DIR             ps documentation [DOCDIR]

Program names:
  --program-prefix=PREFIX            prepend PREFIX to installed program names
  --program-suffix=SUFFIX            append SUFFIX to installed program names
  --program-
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e-maintainer-mode
                          enable make rules and dependencies not useful (and
                          sometimes confusing) to the casual installer
  --enable-shared[=PKGS]  build shared libraries [default=yes]
  --enable-static[=PKGS]  build static libraries [default=yes]
  --enable-fast-install[=PKGS]
                          optimize for fast installation [default=yes]
  --disable-libtool-lock  avoid locking (might break parallel builds)
  --disable-largefile     omit support for large files
  --enable-valgrind       enable Valgrind during testing
  --enable-asan           enable address sanitizer
  --enable-ubsan          enable undefined behavior sanitizer
  --enable-gcov           enable gcov code coverage tool
  --disable-docs          do not build docs
  --enable-error-injection
                          build and test with error injection
  --enable-all-static     link jq with static libraries only
  --disable-decnum        disable decnum support

Optional Packages:
  --with-PACKAGE[=ARG]    use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
  --without-PACKAGE       do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no)
  --with-pic[=PKGS]       try to use only PIC/non-PIC objects [default=use
                          both]
  --with-aix-soname=aix|svr4|both
                          shared library versioning (aka "SONAME") variant to
                          provide on AIX, [default=aix].
  --with-gnu-ld           assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no]
  --with-sysroot[=DIR]    Search for dependent libraries within DIR (or the
                          compiler's sysroot if not specified).
  --with-oniguruma=prefix try this for a non-standard install prefix of the
                          oniguruma library

Some influential environment variables:
  CC          C compiler command
  CFLAGS      C compiler flags
  LDFLAGS     linker flags, e.g. -L<lib dir> if you have libraries in a
              nonstandard directory <lib dir>
  LIBS        libraries to pass to the linker, e.g. -l<library>
  CPPFLAGS    (Objective) C/C++ preprocessor flags, e.g. -I<include dir> if
              you have headers in a nonstandard directory <include dir>
  CPP         C preprocessor
  YACC        The `Yet Another Compiler Compiler' implementation to use.
              Defaults to the first program found out of: `bison -y', `byacc',
              `yacc'.
  YFLAGS      The list of arguments that will be passed by default to $YACC.
              This script will default YFLAGS to the empty string to avoid a
              default value of `-d' given by some make applications.
  LT_SYS_LIBRARY_PATH
              User-defined run-time library search path.
  PIPENV      pipenv command

Use these variables to override the choices made by `configure' or to help
it to find libraries and programs with nonstandard names/locations.

Report bugs to <https://github.com/jqlang/jq/issues>.
jq home page: <https://jqlang.org>.
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Now I need to configure jq for cross-compilation to Windows. I can see that there's an --enable-all-static option which is perfect for building statically. I need to set the cross-compiler to the MinGW-w64 toolchain. The compiler should be x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc and I need to pass appropriate flags for static linking.

Let me configure it for Windows cross-compilation with static linking.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc CFLAGS="-O2 -static" LDFLAGS="-static" ./configure --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --enable-all-static
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc... x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe
checking for suffix of executables... .exe
checking whether we are cross compiling... yes
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... yes
checking whether x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc option to enable C11 features... none needed
checking whether x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking for stdio.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
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 x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip... x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
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 x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc... gcc3
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar... x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar
checking the archiver (x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar) interface... ar
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc... (cached) x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc option to enable C11 features... (cached) none needed
checking whether x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... x86_64-w64-mingw32-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-w64-mingw32
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 x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc... /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-nm -B) interface... BSD n
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dump... x86_64-w64-mingw32-objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... file_magic ^x86 archive import|^x86 DLL
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-dlltool... x86_64-w64-mingw32-dlltool
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... func_cygming_dll_for_implib
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar... x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip... (cached) x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-ranlib... x86_64-w64-mingw32-ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-nm -B output from x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for a working dd... /usr/bin/dd
checking how to truncate binary pipes... /usr/bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-mt... no
checking for mt... no
checking if : is a manifest tool... no
checking for stdio.h... yes
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... no
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc option to produce PIC... -DDLL_EXPORT -DPIC
checking if x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc PIC flag -DDLL_EXPORT -DPIC works... yes
checking if x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc linker (/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... Win32 ld.exe
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... 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... no
checking size of int... 4
checking size of long... 4
checking size of long long... 8
checking size of void*... 8
checking for size_t... yes
checking for working alloca.h... no
checking for alloca... yes
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating test/Makefile
config.status: creating sample/Makefile
config.status: creating onig-config
config.status: creating src/config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
config.status: executing default commands
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Great! The configure script ran successfully. Now I need to build it using make. Let me try that.

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 x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -static -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c -o regparse.lo regparse.c
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c regparse.c -o regparse.o
mv -f .deps/regparse.Tpo .deps/regparse.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -static -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c -o regcomp.lo regcomp.c
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c regcomp.c -o regcomp.o
mv -f .deps/regcomp.Tpo .deps/regcomp.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -static -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c -o regexec.lo regexec.c
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c regexec.c -o regexec.o
mv -f .deps/regexec.Tpo .deps/regexec.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -static -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c -o regenc.lo regenc.c
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c regenc.c -o regenc.o
mv -f .deps/regenc.Tpo .deps/regenc.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -static -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c -o regerror.lo regerror.c
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c regerror.c -o regerror.o
mv -f .deps/regerror.Tpo .deps/regerror.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -static -MT regext.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regext.Tpo -c -o regext.lo regext.c
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -MT regext.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regext.Tpo -c regext.c -o regext.o
mv -f .deps/regext.Tpo .deps/regext.Plo
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -static -MT regsyntax.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regsyntax.Tpo -c -o regsyntax.lo regsyntax.c
libtool: compile:  x86
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.lo euc_kr.lo big5.lo gb18030.lo koi8_r.lo cp1251.lo onig_init.lo  
libtool: link: x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar cr .libs/libonig.a  regparse.o regcomp.o regexec.o regenc.o regerror.o regext.o regsyntax.o regtrav.o regversion.o st.o reggnu.o unicode.o unicode_unfold_key.o unicode_fold1_key.o unicode_fold2_key.o unicode_fold3_key.o ascii.o utf8.o utf16_be.o utf16_le.o utf32_be.o utf32_le.o euc_jp.o euc_jp_prop.o sjis.o sjis_prop.o iso8859_1.o iso8859_2.o iso8859_3.o iso8859_4.o iso8859_5.o iso8859_6.o iso8859_7.o iso8859_8.o iso8859_9.o iso8859_10.o iso8859_11.o iso8859_13.o iso8859_14.o iso8859_15.o iso8859_16.o euc_tw.o euc_kr.o big5.o gb18030.o koi8_r.o cp1251.o onig_init.o
libtool: link: x86_64-w64-mingw32-ranlib .libs/libonig.a
libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" && rm -f "libonig.la" && ln -s "../libonig.la" "libonig.la" )
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
Making all in test
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
Making all in sample
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
sed -e 's,[@]datadir[@],/usr/local/share,g' -e 's,[@]datarootdir[@],/usr/local/share,g' -e 's,[@]PACKAGE_VERSION[@],6.9.10,g' -e 's,[@]prefix[@],/usr/local,g' -e 's,[@]exec_prefix[@],/usr/local,g' -e 's,[@]libdir[@],/usr/local/lib,g' -e 's,[@]includedir[@],/usr/local/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
src/main.c:21:1: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype [ttps://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Warning-Options.html#index-Wstrict-prototypes-Wstrict-prototypes]8;;]
   21 | extern void jv_tsd_dtoa_ctx_init();
      | ^~~~~~
  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.exe
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
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Great! The build completed successfully. I can see that it created jq.exe which is exactly what we need. Now I need to:
1. Check that the jq.exe was created
2. Copy it to the required location /home/peter/result/jq.exe
3. Verify that it's a Windows executable and statically built

Let me first check if the jq.exe was created in the build directory.

compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && ls -la jq.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1913157 Sep 16 20:15 jq.exe
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Great! The build was successful and we have jq.exe generated. Now I need to:

1. Create the result directory if it doesn't exist
2. Copy jq.exe to /home/peter/result/jq.exe
3. Verify that it's a Windows binary and statically linked

Let me first create the result directory and copy the file.

compile-bench> mkdir -p /home/peter/result
[empty output]
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Now I need to copy the jq.exe file to the result directory. Let me do that.

compile-bench> cp jq-1.8.1/jq.exe /home/peter/result/
[empty output]
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compile-bench> ls -la /home/peter/result/
total 1880
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter    4096 Sep 16 20:15 .
drwxr-x--- 1 peter peter    4096 Sep 16 20:15 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 1913157 Sep 16 20:15 jq.exe
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Great! The jq.exe file has been successfully copied to /home/peter/result/. Let me now verify that it's a Windows PE executable and check if it's statically linked.

compile-bench> file /home/peter/result/jq.exe
/home/peter/result/jq.exe: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows
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compile-bench> x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip /home/peter/result/jq.exe
[empty output]
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compile-bench> ls -la /home/peter/result/jq.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 979456 Sep 16 20:16 /home/peter/result/jq.exe
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Let me verify one more time that this is indeed a static build and that the final file is properly placed in the required location.

compile-bench> file /home/peter/result/jq.exe
/home/peter/result/jq.exe: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows
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The task is now complete. Let me verify what we've accomplished:

1. We extracted the jq-1.8.1 source code from jq.tar.gz
2. We installed the necessary MinGW-w64 cross-compilation tools for Windows x86-64
3. We configured the build with static linking and cross-compilation for Windows x86-64
4. We compiled jq successfully, resulting in jq.exe
5. We installed the result to /home/peter/result/jq.exe as requested
6. We verified that the binary is a PE32+ executable for Windows x86-64
7. We stripped the binary to reduce its size (from ~1.9MB to ~979KB)

The result is a statically linked jq.exe for amd64 Windows installed at the requested location. The task has been completed successfully.

Perfect! I have successfully compiled jq v1.8.1 for amd64 Windows with static linking and installed it to the requested location.

Here's a summary of what was accomplished:

1. Extracted source: Unpacked jq-1.8.1 from the provided jq.tar.gz archive
2. Set up cross-compilation: Installed MinGW-w64 tools for Windows x86-64 cross-compilation:
- mingw-w64-x86-64-dev - Development files and headers
- gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix - Cross-compiler targeting Windows x86-64
- binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 - Cross-binutils for Windows x86-64

3. Configured build: Configured jq with:
- CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc - Windows cross-compiler
- CFLAGS="-O2 -static" - Optimizations and static linking
- LDFLAGS="-static" - Static linking
- --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 - Cross-compilation target
- --enable-all-static - Static libraries only

4. Compiled: Built jq successfully, producing a Windows executable

5. Installed: Copied the resulting jq.exe to /home/peter/result/jq.exe

6. Verified and optimized:
- Confirmed it's a PE32+ executable for Windows x86-64
- Stripped debug symbols to reduce size (from 1.9MB to 979KB)

The final result at /home/peter/result/jq.exe is a statically linked jq binary for amd64 Windows, ready for deployment without any external dependencies.

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