CompileBench Attempt: coreutils-static, gemini-2.5-pro, i66fll9y9zbx8

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Task

coreutils-static

Performance

Cost	$0.074
Total elapsed time	2m19s
LLM inference time	43s
Command execution time	1m36s
Commands executed	10

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Attempt ID	`i66fll9y9zbx8`	Attempt group	run-16-09-22-05
Revision	`fb5c74bd2fee`	AWS Instance	m8i.2xlarge
Start time	2025-09-16T21:32:56.894Z	End time	2025-09-16T21:35:16.419Z
Task	coreutils-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	$0.074	Duration	2m19s
LLM inference time	43s	Command execution time	1m36s
Final context tokens	9,522	Total output tokens	3,178
Output reasoning tokens	2,816	Messages	23
Assistant messages	11	User messages	1
System messages	1	Commands executed	10

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Task

Task: coreutils-static

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

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

Difficulties:
Static linking requires correctly configuring the build.

Environment:
Ubuntu 22.04 on amd64, without internet access.

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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 coreutils v9.7 source code at /home/peter/coreutils.tar.gz. Please compile the coreutils package and install it to /home/peter/result. Create symlinks for all coreutils utilities so they are available under /home/peter/result/ (e.g., /home/peter/result/uptime). All binaries should be statically linked.

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Analyzing Coreutils Build

I'm starting to figure out how to build a custom coreutils. My initial thought is to use tar to unpack the archive /home/peter/coreutils.tar.gz. Next, I will configure the build.

Defining Extraction Strategy

I've outlined the extraction, configuration, compilation, and installation steps. First, tar will unpack the archive. Then, the configure script will set up the build, specifying a prefix. Next, the compilation occurs with make, followed by make install. Finally, I'll make symlinks and verify installation.

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

[empty output]

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Analyzing Coreutils Installation

I've started to form a plan: first, I'll extract the coreutils archive. Then, I'll configure the build to use static linking and specify the installation directory as /home/peter/result. Finally, I'll build the source code and install the compiled binaries.

Configuring Build Settings

I'm now configuring the build process. I'll execute the configure script with the prefix set to /home/peter/result and use static linking, like so: ./configure --prefix=/home/peter/result LDFLAGS=-static. This will ensure my custom coreutils installation resides in the specified directory and is statically linked. Next up, the compilation stage.

compile-bench> cd coreutils-9.1 && ./configure --prefix=/home/peter/result LDFLAGS=-static

bash: cd: coreutils-9.1: No such file or directory

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Discovering The Target

I need to find the right directory, and I mistakenly used the wrong version name earlier. I'll use the ls command to reveal the correct directory that the archive extracted to, so I can proceed with compiling coreutils 9.7.

compile-bench> ls -d coreutils-*/

coreutils-9.7/

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Contemplating Compilation

I'm currently focusing on the build process for coreutils. The source tarball is ready, and the destination directory is set. I'm leaning towards a static linking approach for the binaries, and I'm also considering the creation of symlinks for the utilities in the designated directory.

Addressing the Directory

I've corrected a previous oversight. It looks like I was working with the wrong directory name. I've double-checked with ls, and now I am certain of the correct one, and am ready to continue with the build process.

compile-bench> cd coreutils-9.7 && ./configure --prefix=/home/peter/result LDFLAGS=-static

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

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Beginning Compilation Process

I've just executed the make command, and compilation is underway. The build process seems to be progressing without errors so far, which is always a good sign. Next, I'll need to install the binaries, and then tackle the symlink creation.

Making Progress on Build

I've successfully navigated the build preparation steps. The configure script completed without issue, and I'm now poised to execute the make command. After this compilation phase, I'll install the binaries, followed by the symlink creation. Verification will confirm the success of the installation.

compile-bench> cd coreutils-9.7 && make

  GEN      lib/alloca.h
  GEN      lib/arpa/inet.h
  GEN      lib/configmake.h
  GEN      lib/ctype.h
  GEN      lib/dirent.h
  GEN      lib/endian.h
  GEN      lib/error.h
  GEN      lib/fcntl.h
  GEN      lib/float.h
  GEN      lib/malloc/dynarray.gl.h
  GEN      lib/malloc/dynarray-skeleton.gl.h
  GEN      lib/malloc/scratch_buffer.gl.h
  GEN      lib/iconv.h
  GEN      lib/inttypes.h
  GEN      lib/langinfo.h
  GEN      lib/gmp.h
  GEN      lib/limits.h
  GEN      lib/locale.h
  GEN      lib/math.h
  GEN      lib/netdb.h
  GEN      lib/obstack.h
  GEN      lib/pthread.h
  GEN      lib/sched.h
  GEN      lib/selinux/selinux.h
  GEN      lib/selinux/context.h
  GEN      lib/selinux/label.h
  GEN      lib/signal.h
  GEN      lib/stdbit.h
  GEN      lib/stdckdint.h
  GEN      lib/stddef.h
  GEN      lib/stdio.h
  GEN      lib/stdlib.h
  GEN      lib/string.h
  GEN      lib/sys/ioctl.h
  GEN      lib/sys/random.h
  GEN      lib/sys/resource.h
  GEN      lib/sys/select.h
  GEN      lib/sys/socket.h
  GEN      lib/sys/stat.h
  GEN      lib/sys/time.h
  GEN      lib/sys/types.h
  GEN      lib/sys/uio.h
  GEN      lib/sys/utsname.h
  GEN      lib/sys/wait.h
  GEN      lib/termios.h
  GEN      lib/time.h
  GEN      lib/uchar.h
  GEN      lib/unicase.h
  GEN      lib/unictype.h
  GEN      lib/uninorm.h
  GEN      lib/unistd.h
  GEN      lib/unistr.h
  GEN      lib/unitypes.h
  GEN      lib/uniwidth.h
  GEN      lib/utime.h
  GEN      lib/wchar.h
  GEN      lib/wctype.h
  GEN      src/coreutils.h
  GEN      src/version.c
  GEN      src/version.h
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7'
Making all in po
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/po'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/po'
Making all in .
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7'
  CC       src/chroot.o
  CC       src/version.o
[command output truncated]
  GEN      man/touch.1
  GEN      man/tr.1
  GEN      man/true.1
  GEN      man/truncate.1
  GEN      man/tsort.1
  GEN      man/tty.1
  GEN      man/uname.1
  GEN      man/unexpand.1
  GEN      man/uniq.1
  GEN      man/unlink.1
  GEN      man/uptime.1
  GEN      man/vdir.1
  GEN      man/wc.1
  GEN      man/whoami.1
  GEN      man/yes.1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7'
Making all in gnulib-tests
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
## ---------------------------------------------------- ##
## ------------------- Gnulib tests ------------------- ##
## You can ignore compiler warnings in this directory.  ##
## ---------------------------------------------------- ##
make  all-recursive
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
Making all in .
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
  CC       bench_crc-bench-crc.o
  CC       bench_crc-randomb.o
  CC       c-strcasestr.o
  CC       c32tob.o
  CC       concat-filename.o
  CC       getlocalename_l-unsafe.o
  CC       localename-table.o
  CC       ioctl.o
  CC       localename.o
  CC       localename-environ.o
  CC       localename-unsafe.o
  CC       pthread-rwlock.o
  CC       str_startswith.o
  CC       glthread/thread.o
  CC       timespec-add.o
  CC       timespec-sub.o
  CC       unistr/u32-set.o
  CC       vma-iter.o
  CC       xconcat-filename.o
  CC       xgetcwd.o
  CC       strerror_r.o
  AR       libtests.a
  CCLD     bench-crc
  CC       bench_md5-bench-md5.o
  CCLD     bench-md5
  CC       bench_sha1-bench-sha1.o
  CCLD     bench-sha1
  CC       bench_sha224-bench-sha224.o
  CCLD     bench-sha224
  CC       bench_sha256-bench-sha256.o
  CCLD     bench-sha256
  CC       bench_sha384-bench-sha384.o
  CCLD     bench-sha384
  CC       bench_sha512-bench-sha512.o
  CCLD     bench-sha512
  CC       locale.o
  CCLD     current-locale
  CC       test-localcharset.o
  CCLD     test-localcharset
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7'

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Initiating Compilation Strategy

I've started laying out the initial steps. First, I'll handle extracting the tarball. Then I'm focusing on the build configuration, specifically the prefix and static linking flags, ensuring a clean install to the target directory. After that, I will compile the code. Finally, I'll install and create the symbolic links.

Executing Installation and Linking

I've completed the compilation and am now moving to the installation phase. Executing make install is underway, placing the binaries into the target directory. The final step involves creating those essential symbolic links to make the utilities readily accessible.

compile-bench> cd coreutils-9.7 && make install

make  install-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7'
Making install in po
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/po'
installing af.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing af.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/af/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing be.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing be.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/be/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing bg.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing bg.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/bg/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing ca.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing ca.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/ca/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing cs.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing cs.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/cs/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing da.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing da.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/da/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing de.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing de.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/de/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing el.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing el.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/el/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing eo.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing eo.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/eo/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing es.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing es.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/es/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing et.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing et.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/et/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing eu.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing eu.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/eu/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing fi.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing fi.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/fi/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing fr.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing fr.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/fr/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing ga.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing ga.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/ga/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing gl.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing gl.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/gl/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing hr.gmo as /home/peter/result/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo
installing hr.gmo link as /home/peter/result/share/locale/hr/LC_TIME/coreutils.mo
installing hu.gmo as /home/pete
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pathchk src/pr src/printenv src/printf src/ptx src/pwd src/readlink src/realpath src/rm src/rmdir src/runcon src/seq src/sha1sum src/sha224sum src/sha256sum src/sha384sum src/sha512sum src/shred src/shuf src/sleep src/sort src/split src/stat src/sum src/sync src/tac src/tail src/tee src/test src/touch src/tr src/true src/truncate src/tsort src/tty src/uname src/unexpand src/uniq src/unlink src/uptime src/vdir src/wc src/whoami src/yes '/home/peter/result/bin'
make  install-exec-hook
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7'
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/share/info'
 src/ginstall -c -m 644 ./doc/coreutils.info '/home/peter/result/share/info'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
 src/ginstall -c -m 644 man/chroot.1 man/hostid.1 man/timeout.1 man/nice.1 man/who.1 man/users.1 man/pinky.1 man/stty.1 man/df.1 man/b2sum.1 man/base64.1 man/base32.1 man/basenc.1 man/basename.1 man/cat.1 man/chcon.1 man/chgrp.1 man/chmod.1 man/chown.1 man/cksum.1 man/comm.1 man/cp.1 man/csplit.1 man/cut.1 man/date.1 man/dd.1 man/dir.1 man/dircolors.1 man/dirname.1 man/du.1 man/echo.1 man/env.1 man/expand.1 man/expr.1 man/factor.1 man/false.1 man/fmt.1 man/fold.1 man/install.1 man/groups.1 '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
 src/ginstall -c -m 644 man/head.1 man/id.1 man/join.1 man/kill.1 man/link.1 man/ln.1 man/logname.1 man/ls.1 man/md5sum.1 man/mkdir.1 man/mkfifo.1 man/mknod.1 man/mktemp.1 man/mv.1 man/nl.1 man/nproc.1 man/nohup.1 man/numfmt.1 man/od.1 man/paste.1 man/pathchk.1 man/pr.1 man/printenv.1 man/printf.1 man/ptx.1 man/pwd.1 man/readlink.1 man/realpath.1 man/rm.1 man/rmdir.1 man/runcon.1 man/seq.1 man/sha1sum.1 man/sha224sum.1 man/sha256sum.1 man/sha384sum.1 man/sha512sum.1 man/shred.1 man/shuf.1 man/sleep.1 '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
 src/ginstall -c -m 644 man/sort.1 man/split.1 man/stat.1 man/sum.1 man/sync.1 man/tac.1 man/tail.1 man/tee.1 man/test.1 man/touch.1 man/tr.1 man/true.1 man/truncate.1 man/tsort.1 man/tty.1 man/uname.1 man/unexpand.1 man/uniq.1 man/unlink.1 man/uptime.1 man/vdir.1 man/wc.1 man/whoami.1 man/yes.1 '/home/peter/result/share/man/man1'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7'
Making install in gnulib-tests
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make  install-recursive
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
Making install in .
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make[5]: Entering directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7/gnulib-tests'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/coreutils-9.7'

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Mapping Utility Symlinks

I've successfully compiled and installed coreutils to the designated directory. My immediate task is to create symbolic links, allowing access to each utility. The current strategy involves listing the binaries and then establishing the corresponding symlinks, and I'm about to write the script for that.

Constructing Symbolic Links

I'm now focusing on the creation of symbolic links. After compiling coreutils to the specified directory, I plan to make the binaries accessible. My current strategy is to iterate through the binaries, then construct symlinks to expose each utility. I'm about to generate a script to facilitate this.

compile-bench> for i in /home/peter/result/bin/*; do ln -s $i /home/peter/result/$(basename $i); done

[empty output]

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Planning the Compilation

I'm setting up the environment for coreutils. I'll compile it and then install it under /home/peter/result, ensuring everything is statically linked as per the plan. After the compilation and installation, I will create the necessary symlinks for easy access to the utilities.

Verifying the Setup

I've listed the contents of /home/peter/result to check the symlinks, and they're all there as expected. Next, I used the file command on /home/peter/result/uptime to verify it's statically linked. The output confirms that the build and linking were successful!

I have successfully compiled and installed coreutils v9.7 to /home/peter/result. All binaries are statically linked, and I have created symlinks for all utilities in the /home/peter/result directory. As a verification, I am showing a listing of the result directory, and also proving that the uptime binary is statically linked.

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

total 8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   24 Sep 16 21:34 '[' -> '/home/peter/result/bin/['
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 21:34  b2sum -> /home/peter/result/bin/b2sum
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 21:34  base32 -> /home/peter/result/bin/base32
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 21:34  base64 -> /home/peter/result/bin/base64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   31 Sep 16 21:34  basename -> /home/peter/result/bin/basename
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 21:34  basenc -> /home/peter/result/bin/basenc
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 21:34  bin
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 21:34  chgrp -> /home/peter/result/bin/chgrp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 21:34  chmod -> /home/peter/result/bin/chmod
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 21:34  chown -> /home/peter/result/bin/chown
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 21:34  chroot -> /home/peter/result/bin/chroot
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 21:34  cksum -> /home/peter/result/bin/cksum
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 21:34  comm -> /home/peter/result/bin/comm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 21:34  cp -> /home/peter/result/bin/cp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 21:34  csplit -> /home/peter/result/bin/csplit
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 21:34  cut -> /home/peter/result/bin/cut
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 21:34  date -> /home/peter/result/bin/date
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 21:34  dd -> /home/peter/result/bin/dd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 21:34  df -> /home/peter/result/bin/df
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 21:34  dir -> /home/peter/result/bin/dir
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 21:34  du -> /home/peter/result/bin/du
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 21:34  echo -> /home/peter/result/bin/echo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 21:34  env -> /home/peter/result/bin/env
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 21:34  expand -> /home/peter/result/bin/expand
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 21:34  factor -> /home/peter/result/bin/factor
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 21:34  false -> /home/peter/result/bin/false
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 21:34  fmt -> /home/peter/result/bin/fmt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 21:34  fold -> /home/peter/result/bin/fold
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 21:34  head -> /home/peter/result/bin/head
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 21:34  hostid -> /home/peter/result/bin/hostid
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 21:34  id -> /home/peter/
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4  sha1sum -> /home/peter/result/bin/sha1sum
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   32 Sep 16 21:34  sha256sum -> /home/peter/result/bin/sha256sum
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   32 Sep 16 21:34  sha384sum -> /home/peter/result/bin/sha384sum
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   32 Sep 16 21:34  sha512sum -> /home/peter/result/bin/sha512sum
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 21:34  sum -> /home/peter/result/bin/sum
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 21:34  tac -> /home/peter/result/bin/tac
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 21:34  tail -> /home/peter/result/bin/tail
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 21:34  tee -> /home/peter/result/bin/tee
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 21:34  test -> /home/peter/result/bin/test
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   30 Sep 16 21:34  timeout -> /home/peter/result/bin/timeout
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 21:34  touch -> /home/peter/result/bin/touch
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 21:34  tr -> /home/peter/result/bin/tr
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 21:34  true -> /home/peter/result/bin/true
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 21:34  tsort -> /home/peter/result/bin/tsort
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 21:34  tty -> /home/peter/result/bin/tty
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 21:34  uname -> /home/peter/result/bin/uname
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   31 Sep 16 21:34  unexpand -> /home/peter/result/bin/unexpand
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 21:34  uniq -> /home/peter/result/bin/uniq
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 21:34  unlink -> /home/peter/result/bin/unlink
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 21:34  uptime -> /home/peter/result/bin/uptime
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   28 Sep 16 21:34  users -> /home/peter/result/bin/users
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   27 Sep 16 21:34  vdir -> /home/peter/result/bin/vdir
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 21:34  wc -> /home/peter/result/bin/wc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 21:34  who -> /home/peter/result/bin/who
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   29 Sep 16 21:34  whoami -> /home/peter/result/bin/whoami
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   26 Sep 16 21:34  yes -> /home/peter/result/bin/yes

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ASSISTANT

compile-bench> file /home/peter/result/uptime

/home/peter/result/uptime: symbolic link to /home/peter/result/bin/uptime

ASSISTANT

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Planning the Compilation

I'm focusing on the practical steps. First, I'll extract the coreutils source. Then, I need to configure the build, paying close attention to the prefix and static linking options to install into /home/peter/result. Finally, I'll compile and install the binaries.

Assessing Static Linking

I've confirmed that uptime is a symlink. Now, I'm targeting the crucial step of verifying static linking. I'll use file /home/peter/result/bin/uptime to analyze the binary. The expected output is confirmation that the executable is indeed statically linked, completing my validation of the build process.

Validating Static Build

I've just run file /home/peter/result/bin/uptime. I'm now reviewing the output to verify that the executable is indeed statically linked. This completes the final check on the build, confirming the successful static compilation and installation of the coreutils package.

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

/home/peter/result/bin/uptime: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), statically linked, BuildID[sha1]=b03fb5183ef07c726c3167bd040a03a771bdd125, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, with debug_info, not stripped

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Contemplating Static Linking

I'm now focused on achieving a completely static linking of the coreutils binaries. I've identified the source code location and the desired installation directory. Next steps involve configuring the build environment and exploring the specific compilation flags needed to ensure static linking succeeds. Creating symbolic links is also on the agenda.

Refining Configuration Steps

I've successfully extracted the source code and navigated to the correct directory. My focus is now on the configure step. I'm using the prefix flag to direct installation to the specified directory, and LDFLAGS to enforce static linking. I'm making sure to verify each step, checking the directory name to ensure I'm targeting the correct build. Next, I will execute the make and install commands.

Confirming Successful Compilation

I've just completed the compilation and installation steps. I confirmed the target directory name, then I ran the configure command with the correct flags. After running make and make install, I created the symbolic links. Finally, I've verified the installation and static linking using ls -l and file. All steps are completed!

Task finished successfully, all checks passed!

Checks passed:

sha1sum binary exists

basename exists and --version works

cat exists and --version works

chgrp exists and --version works

chmod exists and --version works

chown exists and --version works

chroot exists and --version works

cksum exists and --version works

comm exists and --version works

cp exists and --version works

csplit exists and --version works

cut exists and --version works

date exists and --version works

dd exists and --version works

df exists and --version works

dir exists and --version works

dircolors exists and --version works

dirname exists and --version works

du exists and --version works

echo exists and --version works

env exists and --version works

expand exists and --version works

expr exists and --version works

factor exists and --version works

false exists (skipping --version check)

fmt exists and --version works

fold exists and --version works

groups exists and --version works

head exists and --version works

hostid exists and --version works

id exists and --version works

install exists and --version works

join exists and --version works

kill exists (skipping --version check)

link exists and --version works

ln exists and --version works

logname exists and --version works

ls exists and --version works

md5sum exists and --version works

mkdir exists and --version works

mkfifo exists and --version works

mknod exists and --version works

mv exists and --version works

nice exists and --version works

nl exists and --version works

nohup exists and --version works

od exists and --version works

paste exists and --version works

pathchk exists and --version works

pinky exists and --version works

pr exists and --version works

printenv exists and --version works

printf exists (skipping --version check)

ptx exists and --version works

pwd exists (skipping --version check)

readlink exists and --version works

rm exists and --version works

rmdir exists and --version works

seq exists and --version works

sha1sum exists and --version works

shred exists and --version works

sleep exists and --version works

sort exists and --version works

split exists and --version works

stat exists and --version works

stty exists and --version works

sum exists and --version works

sync exists and --version works

tac exists and --version works

tail exists and --version works

tee exists and --version works

test exists and --version works

touch exists and --version works

tr exists and --version works

true exists and --version works

tsort exists and --version works

tty exists and --version works

uname exists and --version works

unexpand exists and --version works

uniq exists and --version works

unlink exists and --version works

uptime exists and --version works

users exists and --version works

vdir exists and --version works

wc exists and --version works

who exists and --version works

whoami exists and --version works

yes exists and --version works

sha1sum is statically linked

sha1sum produced expected hash