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Start time 2025-09-29T18:16:14.741Z End time 2025-09-29T18:17:50.397Z
Task jq-windows Environment ubuntu-22.04-amd64-wine
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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

I'll help you compile jq v1.8.1 for Windows amd64 statically. Let me start by extracting the source code and examining the build requirements.

compile-bench> cd /home/peter && tar -tzf jq.tar.gz | head -20
jq-1.8.1/
jq-1.8.1/jq.1
jq-1.8.1/configure
jq-1.8.1/config/
jq-1.8.1/config/test-driver
jq-1.8.1/config/config.sub
jq-1.8.1/config/ar-lib
jq-1.8.1/config/missing
jq-1.8.1/config/compile
jq-1.8.1/config/ltmain.sh
jq-1.8.1/config/m4/
jq-1.8.1/config/m4/find-func-no-libs2.m4
jq-1.8.1/config/m4/libtool.m4
jq-1.8.1/config/m4/find-func.m4
jq-1.8.1/config/m4/ltoptions.m4
jq-1.8.1/config/m4/ltsugar.m4
jq-1.8.1/config/m4/find-func-no-libs.m4
jq-1.8.1/config/m4/lt~obsolete.m4
jq-1.8.1/config/m4/ltversion.m4
jq-1.8.1/config/m4/misc.m4
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compile-bench> cd /home/peter && tar -xzf jq.tar.gz
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compile-bench> ls -la /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/
total 1184
drwxr-xr-x 9 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 .
drwxr-x--- 1 peter peter   4096 Sep 29 18:16 ..
-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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Now let me install the cross-compilation toolchain for Windows and examine the configure script:

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make is already the newest version (4.3-4.1build1).
make set to manually installed.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  autotools-dev binutils-mingw-w64-i686 binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64
  g++-mingw-w64 g++-mingw-w64-i686 g++-mingw-w64-i686-posix
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  libsigsegv2 m4 mingw-w64-common mingw-w64-i686-dev mingw-w64-x86-64-dev
Suggested packages:
  autoconf-archive gnu-standards autoconf-doc gettext gcc-10-locales
  libtool-doc gfortran | fortran95-compiler gcj-jdk m4-doc
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  binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 g++-mingw-w64 g++-mingw-w64-i686
  g++-mingw-w64-i686-posix g++-mingw-w64-i686-win32 g++-mingw-w64-x86-64
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ASSISTANT

Good! Now let me check the README and configure script to understand the build requirements:

compile-bench> cat /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/README.md
# jq

`jq` is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor akin to `sed`,`awk`,`grep`, and friends for JSON data. It's written in portable C and has zero runtime dependencies, allowing you to easily slice, filter, map, and transform structured data.

## Documentation

- **Official Documentation**: [jqlang.org](https://jqlang.org)
- **Try jq Online**: [play.jqlang.org](https://play.jqlang.org)

## Installation

### Prebuilt Binaries

Download the latest releases from the [GitHub release page](https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases).

### Docker Image

Pull the [jq image](https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pkgs/container/jq) to start quickly with Docker.

#### Run with Docker

##### Example: Extracting the version from a `package.json` file

```bash
docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/jqlang/jq:latest < package.json '.version'
```

##### Example: Extracting the version from a `package.json` file with a mounted volume

```bash
docker run --rm -i -v "$PWD:$PWD" -w "$PWD" ghcr.io/jqlang/jq:latest '.version' package.json
```

### Building from source

#### Dependencies

- libtool
- make
- automake
- autoconf

#### Instructions

```console
git submodule update --init    # if building from git to get oniguruma
autoreconf -i                  # if building from git
./configure --with-oniguruma=builtin
make clean                     # if upgrading from a version previously built from source
make -j8
make check
sudo make install
```

Build a statically linked version:

```console
make LDFLAGS=-all-static
```

If you're not using the latest git version but instead building a released tarball (available on the release page), skip the `autoreconf` step, and flex or bison won't be needed.

##### Cross-Compilation

For details on cross-compilation, check out the [GitHub Actions file](.github/workflows/ci.yml) and the [cross-compilation wiki page](https://github.com/jqlang/jq/wiki/Cross-compilation).

## Community & Support

- Questions & Help: [Stack Overflow (jq tag)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/jq)
- Chat & Community: [Join us on Discord](https://discord.gg/yg6yjNmgAC)
- Wiki & Advanced Topics: [Explore the Wiki](https://github.com/jqlang/jq/wiki)

## License

`jq` is released under the [MIT License](COPYING). `jq`'s documentation is
licensed under the [Creative Commons CC BY 3.0](COPYING).
`jq` uses parts of the open source C library "decNumber", which is distributed
under [ICU License](COPYING)
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Now let me create the result directory and start the cross-compilation process:

compile-bench> mkdir -p /home/peter/result
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compile-bench> cd /home/peter/jq-1.8.1 && ls -la vendor/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter 4096 Jul  1 11:40 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 peter peter 4096 Jul  1 11:40 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter 4096 Jul  1 11:40 decNumber
drwxr-xr-x 9 peter peter 4096 Jul  1 11:40 oniguruma
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Good! The tarball already has oniguruma included. Now let's configure and build for Windows:

compile-bench> cd /home/peter/jq-1.8.1 && ./configure --help | grep -A5 -B5 oniguruma
                          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
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compile-bench> cd /home/peter/jq-1.8.1 && ./configure --help | grep builtin
[empty output]
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Let me check the configure.ac to understand better:

compile-bench> cd /home/peter/jq-1.8.1 && grep -i "builtin\|oniguruma" configure.ac | head -20
dnl Oniguruma
AC_ARG_WITH([oniguruma],
   [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-oniguruma=prefix],
      [try this for a non-standard install prefix of the oniguruma library])], ,
   [with_oniguruma=yes])
build_oniguruma=no
AS_IF([test "x$with_oniguruma" != xno], [
   AS_IF([test "x$with_oniguruma" != xyes], [
      AS_IF([test "x$with_oniguruma" = xbuiltin], [
          build_oniguruma=yes
          onig_CFLAGS="-I${with_oniguruma}/include"
          onig_LDFLAGS="-L${with_oniguruma}/lib"
   AS_IF([test "x$build_oniguruma" = xno], [
       # check for ONIGURUMA library, either in /usr or where requested
       AC_CHECK_HEADER("oniguruma.h",
          build_oniguruma=yes
          AC_MSG_NOTICE([Oniguruma was not found. Will use the packaged oniguruma.])
   AS_IF([test "x$build_oniguruma" = xyes && test -f "${srcdir}/vendor/oniguruma/configure.ac" ], [
       onig_CFLAGS="-I${srcdir}/vendor/oniguruma/src"
       onig_LDFLAGS="-L${srcdir}/vendor/oniguruma/src -Wl,-rpath,${libdir}"
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Now let me configure for cross-compilation to Windows x86_64 with static linking:

compile-bench> cd /home/peter/jq-1.8.1 && ./configure --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --with-oniguruma=builtin --enable-static --disable-shared LDFLAGS="-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
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checking whether _XOPEN_SOURCE should be defined... no
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Good! It seems it's already building oniguruma. Let me now build jq:

compile-bench> cd /home/peter/jq-1.8.1 && make -j$(nproc) LDFLAGS="-all-static"
mkdir -p src
mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/builtin.inc
  GEN      src/config_opts.inc
mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/version.h
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
Making all in vendor/oniguruma
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
Making all in src
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make  all-am
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c -o regparse.lo regparse.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c -o regcomp.lo regcomp.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c -o regexec.lo regexec.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c -o regenc.lo regenc.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c -o regerror.lo regerror.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regext.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regext.Tpo -c -o regext.lo regext.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regsyntax.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regsyntax.Tpo -c -o regsyntax.lo regsyntax.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -g -O2 -MT regtrav.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regtrav.Tpo -c -o regtrav.lo regtrav.c
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c regexec.c -o regexec.o
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c regerror.c -o regerror.o
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regext.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regext.Tpo -c regext.c -o regext.o
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c regparse.c -o regparse.o
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regsyntax.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regsyntax.Tpo -c regsyntax.c -o regsyntax.o
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c regenc.c -o regenc.o
libtool: compile:  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP 
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llowed in x86_64-w64-mingw32 shared libraries; building static only
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'
  CC       src/builtin.lo
  CC       src/bytecode.lo
  CC       src/compile.lo
  CC       src/execute.lo
  CC       src/jq_test.lo
  CC       src/jv.lo
  CC       src/jv_alloc.lo
  CC       src/jv_aux.lo
  CC       src/jv_dtoa.lo
  CC       src/jv_file.lo
  CC       src/jv_parse.lo
  CC       src/jv_print.lo
  CC       src/jv_unicode.lo
  CC       src/linker.lo
  CC       src/locfile.lo
  CC       src/util.lo
  CC       src/jv_dtoa_tsd.lo
  CC       vendor/decNumber/decContext.lo
  CC       vendor/decNumber/decNumber.lo
  CC       src/lexer.lo
  CC       src/parser.lo
mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/version.h
  CC       src/main.o
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();
      | ^~~~~~
  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 succeeded. Now let's verify the executable and copy it to the result directory:

compile-bench> file /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/jq.exe
/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/jq.exe: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows
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Perfect! Let's verify it's statically linked by checking for dependencies:

compile-bench> x86_64-w64-mingw32-objdump -p /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/jq.exe | grep "DLL Name"
	DLL Name: KERNEL32.dll
	DLL Name: msvcrt.dll
	DLL Name: SHLWAPI.dll
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Good! It only depends on system DLLs that are always present on Windows (KERNEL32.dll, msvcrt.dll, SHLWAPI.dll). This is effectively a static build as it doesn't depend on any external libraries. Now let's copy it to the result directory:

compile-bench> cp /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/jq.exe /home/peter/result/jq.exe
[empty output]
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Now let's verify the final result:

compile-bench> ls -lh /home/peter/result/jq.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 4.3M Sep 29 18:17 /home/peter/result/jq.exe
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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-objdump -p /home/peter/result/jq.exe | head -30
/home/peter/result/jq.exe:     file format pei-x86-64

Characteristics 0x26
	executable
	line numbers stripped
	large address aware

Time/Date		Mon Sep 29 18:17:06 2025
Magic			020b	(PE32+)
MajorLinkerVersion	2
MinorLinkerVersion	38
SizeOfCode		000000000007fa00
SizeOfInitializedData	00000000000eee00
SizeOfUninitializedData	0000000000001000
AddressOfEntryPoint	0000000000001520
BaseOfCode		0000000000001000
ImageBase		0000000140000000
SectionAlignment	00001000
FileAlignment		00000200
MajorOSystemVersion	4
MinorOSystemVersion	0
MajorImageVersion	0
MinorImageVersion	0
MajorSubsystemVersion	5
MinorSubsystemVersion	2
Win32Version		00000000
SizeOfImage		0041e000
SizeOfHeaders		00000600
CheckSum		00445f0d
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Perfect! Let me also check what version it is and verify the static linking more thoroughly:

compile-bench> x86_64-w64-mingw32-strings /home/peter/result/jq.exe | grep -i "jq-1\." | head -3
/home/peter/jq-1.8.1
/home/peter/jq-1.8.1
/home/peter/jq-1.8.1
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compile-bench> x86_64-w64-mingw32-strings /home/peter/result/jq.exe | grep "^jq-" | head -3
jq-%s
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compile-bench> x86_64-w64-mingw32-strings /home/peter/result/jq.exe | grep "1\.8" | head -5
1.8.1
/home/peter/jq-1.8.1
/home/peter/jq-1.8.1
/home/peter/jq-1.8.1
/home/peter/jq-1.8.1
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Excellent! Let's do a final comprehensive verification:

compile-bench> echo "Summary of the build:" && echo "===================" && echo "Source: jq v1.8.1" && echo "Target: Windows amd64 (x86-64)" && echo "Build type: Static" && echo "" && echo "Output file details:" && ls -lh /home/peter/result/jq.exe && echo "" && file /home/peter/result/jq.exe && echo "" && echo "Dependencies (only system DLLs):" && x86_64-w64-mingw32-objdump -p /home/peter/result/jq.exe | grep "DLL Name"
Summary of the build:
===================
Source: jq v1.8.1
Target: Windows amd64 (x86-64)
Build type: Static

Output file details:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 4.3M Sep 29 18:17 /home/peter/result/jq.exe

/home/peter/result/jq.exe: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows

Dependencies (only system DLLs):
	DLL Name: KERNEL32.dll
	DLL Name: msvcrt.dll
	DLL Name: SHLWAPI.dll
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Perfect! Let me verify the file is in the exact location requested:

compile-bench> test -f /home/peter/result/jq.exe && echo "SUCCESS: jq.exe exists at /home/peter/result/jq.exe" || echo "ERROR: File not found"
SUCCESS: jq.exe exists at /home/peter/result/jq.exe
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Summary

I have successfully compiled jq v1.8.1 for Windows amd64 (x86-64) as a static build. Here's what was accomplished:

Build Process:
1. Extracted the jq-1.8.1 source code from jq.tar.gz
2. Installed the MinGW-w64 cross-compilation toolchain for Windows x86-64
3. Configured the build with:
- Cross-compilation target: x86_64-w64-mingw32
- Built-in oniguruma library (bundled dependency)
- Static linking enabled
- LDFLAGS set to -all-static
4. Compiled jq and all dependencies (oniguruma, decNumber)
5. Installed the resulting executable to /home/peter/result/jq.exe

Final Output:
- Location: /home/peter/result/jq.exe
- Size: 4.3 MB
- Type: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows
- Dependencies: Only system DLLs (KERNEL32.dll, msvcrt.dll, SHLWAPI.dll) - these are always present on Windows systems
- Version: jq 1.8.1

The executable is statically linked with all its dependencies (libjq, oniguruma, decNumber) and is ready to run on any Windows x86-64 system without requiring additional libraries.

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