CompileBench Attempt: jq-static-musl, gpt-5-mini-high, s8t30gczb1xw1

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Task

jq-static-musl

Performance

Cost	$0.034
Total elapsed time	4m10s
LLM inference time	3m52s
Command execution time	18s
Commands executed	21

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Attempt ID	`s8t30gczb1xw1`	Attempt group	run-16-09-22-05
Revision	`fb5c74bd2fee`	AWS Instance	m8i.2xlarge
Start time	2025-09-16T22:02:51.444Z	End time	2025-09-16T22:07:02.166Z
Task	jq-static-musl	Environment	ubuntu-22.04-amd64
Model	gpt-5-mini-high	OpenRouter slug	`openai/gpt-5-mini`
Temperature	1	Explicit prompt caching	false
User msg after tool call	false	Max tool calls	100
Total timeout seconds	1200	Single command timeout	600
Cost	$0.034	Duration	4m10s
LLM inference time	3m52s	Command execution time	18s
Final context tokens	18,778	Total output tokens	7,370
Output reasoning tokens	5,632	Messages	45
Assistant messages	22	User messages	1
System messages	1	Commands executed	21

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Task

Task: jq-static-musl

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. The binary must use musl C library (not the standard glibc).

Difficulties:
musl toolchain setup, avoiding glibc-only assumptions.

Environment:
Ubuntu 22.04 on amd64, with 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.
- 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 /home/peter/jq.tar.gz. Please compile the jq package using musl as the C standard library and install it to /home/peter/result. Create a symlink from /home/peter/result/jq to the compiled jq binary. The binary must be statically linked and must use musl (not glibc).

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Show reasoning

Exploring jq and musl-gcc

I'm realizing that musl-gcc defaults to dynamic linking, but I can use the -static flag for static linking. If musl-gcc isn't installed, I could try installing musl-tools or musl-dev. It seems like using musl-cross for a static cross toolchain would be another option, but that's not possible right now. I might need to install other dependencies for building jq, like the oniguruma library for regex. I'll need to check if jq v1.8 still uses it.Running commands for jq files

I need to follow the developer instructions carefully. The current working directory is /home/peter, and every run starts from there. To avoid interactive prompts, I should use apt-get with the -y flag and DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive. I want to list the contents of the jq tarball to understand the build system. I’m thinking of running the command to check the first 200 lines, but I’ll simplify it to 120 lines to avoid any missing tools like head. I'll use the full path when executing the command.

compile-bench> tar -tzf /home/peter/jq.tar.gz | sed -n '1,200p'

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
jq-1.8.1/config/m4/check-math-func.m4
jq-1.8.1/config/depcomp
jq-1.8.1/config/config.guess
jq-1.8.1/config/install-sh
jq-1.8.1/config/ylwrap
jq-1.8.1/libjq.pc.in
jq-1.8.1/libjq.pc
jq-1.8.1/README.md
jq-1.8.1/jq.spec
jq-1.8.1/AUTHORS
jq-1.8.1/COPYING
jq-1.8.1/src/
jq-1.8.1/src/main.c
jq-1.8.1/src/jv_unicode.h
jq-1.8.1/src/jv.h
jq-1.8.1/src/builtin.jq
jq-1.8.1/src/jv_alloc.h
jq-1.8.1/src/parser.c
jq-1.8.1/src/execute.c
jq-1.8.1/src/parser.h
jq-1.8.1/src/jv_dtoa.c
jq-1.8.1/src/jv_print.c
jq-1.8.1/src/jv_dtoa_tsd.h
jq-1.8.1/src/builtin.h
jq-1.8.1/src/jv_thread.h
jq-1.8.1/src/lexer.h
jq-1.8.1/src/jv_dtoa_tsd.c
jq-1.8.1/src/jv_parse.c
jq-1.8.1/src/lexer.c
jq-1.8.1/src/opcode_list.h
jq-1.8.1/src/locfile.c
jq-1.8.1/src/linker.c
jq-1.8.1/src/lexer.l
jq-1.8.1/src/jv_dtoa.h
jq-1.8.1/src/jv_private.h
jq-1.8.1/src/linker.h
jq-1.8.1/src/exec_stack.h
jq-1.8.1/src/builtin.c
jq-1.8.1/src/version.h
jq-1.8.1/src/locfile.h
jq-1.8.1/src/compile.h
jq-1.8.1/src/jv_unicode.c
jq-1.8.1/src/compile.c
jq-1.8.1/src/util.c
jq-1.8.1/src/jq_test.c
jq-1.8.1/src/jv.c
jq-1.8.1/src/jq.h
jq-1.8.1/src/bytecode.c
jq-1.8.1/src/jv_aux.c
jq-1.8.1/src/inject_errors.c
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jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/configure
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/make_win.bat
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test-driver
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/README.md
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/AUTHORS
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/doc/
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/doc/API
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/doc/FAQ.ja
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/doc/CALLOUTS.API.ja
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/doc/SYNTAX.md
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/doc/CALLOUTS.BUILTIN
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/doc/onig_syn_md.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/doc/RE.ja
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/doc/UNICODE_PROPERTIES
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/doc/API.ja
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/doc/CALLOUTS.BUILTIN.ja
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/doc/RE
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/doc/FAQ
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/doc/CALLOUTS.API
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/config.sub
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/oniguruma.pc.cmake.in
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/COPYING
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/iso8859_3.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/onig_init.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/utf8.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/iso8859_5.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/config.h.win32
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/reggnu.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/regint.h
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/regerror.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/config.h.in
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/iso8859_4.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/regparse.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/big5.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/regposerr.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/mktable.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/euc_kr.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/iso8859_6.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/iso8859_14.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/iso8859_7.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/iso8859_13.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/iso8859_10.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/iso8859_2.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/regexec.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/iso8859_16.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/euc_tw.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/regparse.h
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/unicode.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/ascii.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/koi8.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/iso8859_11.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/regext.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/iso8859_1.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/iso8859_15.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/onigposix.h
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/st.h
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/utf32_le.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/regversion.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/unicode_egcb_data.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/iso8859_8.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/oniggnu.h
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/unicode_fold_data.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/unicode_property_data.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/unicode_property_data_posix.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/unicode_fold3_key.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/st.c
jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/iso8859_9.c

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Building jq with static linking

I’m excited because the tarball includes oniguruma, and building jq should be straightforward with autoreconf, configure, and make. I need to ensure that I’m linking against musl statically. To do this, I can compile jq using musl-gcc with static flags.

First, I’ll need to install dependencies like autoconf and musl-tools. I should set CC=musl-gcc and CFLAGS=-static. However, building the vendored oniguruma might complicate things a bit since it may try to compile with -fPIC. I'll also check if pkg-config is finding the right system libs. Overall, I believe linking should work if I pass -static to the linker.Ensuring static binary build

I need to make sure the build produces a static binary with options like -L/usr/local/musl/lib. One way to do this is by using musl-gcc -static -o jq src. But I have to compile the entire project, so I'll check the configure script to see how it chooses the CC. Setting CC=musl-gcc should work, along with LDFLAGS=-static.

I'll go with a typical command: CC=musl-gcc CFLAGS="-static -O2 -pipe" LDFLAGS="-static" ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=/home/peter/result.

One concern is that configure tests may need to run binaries expecting glibc. Historical issues with musl cross-compilation come to mind, but since musl acts as a gcc wrapper, my expectation is that I should be able to run the configure tests without issues.Addressing potential configuration issues

There’s a potential problem where the configure script might run test executables linked to glibc, even though musl should produce executable tests that run fine. On Ubuntu, static compilation can fail if the static versions of libgcc and libstdc++ are missing. At least musl-gcc likely manages that.

I need to ensure we get a static binary that uses musl. After building, I’ll verify it with commands like ldd or readelf -l to check the interpreter path. For a static musl build, the output from ldd will say “not a dynamic executable," indicating it’s set up correctly, without needing a dynamic linker.Verifying static linking with musl

To confirm that the binary uses musl, I can run commands like "strings jq | grep musl" or "readelf -a jq | grep 'musl'." However, static linking might not clearly reference musl.so—it could just contain musl symbols.

Another strategy is to compile a simple program with musl and check its output with "ldd," which should say "not a dynamic executable." I want to make sure there are no references to GLIBC, using commands like "readelf -a jq | grep 'GLIBC'" or "objdump -x jq | grep 'NEEDED'."

Since they're asking for a statically linked binary with musl static libc, I'll keep checking those outputs.Building a static musl binary

The user specifies that the binary must be statically linked using musl, not glibc. I need to confirm this by checking for references to musl using commands like "readelf -a jq | grep 'SONAME'" and ensuring there's no trace of GLIBC symbols by running "readelf -s jq | grep GLIBC" or "strings jq | grep GLIBC." I might look for musl-specific symbols as well.

To start the build, I'll install necessary packages like build-essential, autoconf, automake, and musl-tools. I’ll run the command to install these packages in one line, being careful not to include newlines. I'll need to ensure all commands are non-interactive. Let’s get this set up!

compile-bench> DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get update -y && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config musl-tools cmake perl wget ca-certificates libtool-bin

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Configuring installation

I've successfully installed the packages, which is great! Now, I need to extract the tarball and configure it. My plan is to extract it to the /home/peter/jq-1.8.1 directory. I just have to run the command tar -xzf jq.tar.gz to get that done. I hope everything goes smoothly with the extraction!

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

[empty output]

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compile-bench> ls -la

total 2008
drwxr-x--- 1 peter peter    4096 Sep 16 22:04 .
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 22:02 jq.tar.gz

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compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && CC=musl-gcc CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -static" LDFLAGS="-static" ./configure --prefix=/home/peter/result --disable-shared --enable-static --with-oniguruma=vendor/oniguruma

checking for gcc... musl-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 musl-gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for musl-gcc option to enable C11 features... none needed
checking whether musl-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 musl-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) musl-gcc
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether musl-gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for musl-gcc option to enable C11 features... (cached) none needed
checking whether musl-gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... musl-gcc -E
checking for bison... no
checking for byacc... no
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-musl
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-musl
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 musl-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-musl file names to x86_64-pc-linux-musl format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-musl file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking
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ng 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 musl-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 musl-gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for musl-gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if musl-gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if musl-gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if musl-gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if musl-gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the musl-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: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
config.status: executing default commands

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compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && make -j$(nproc)

mkdir -p src
mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/builtin.inc
  GEN      src/config_opts.inc
mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/version.h
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
Making all in vendor/oniguruma
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
Making all in src
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make  all-am
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -pipe -static -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c -o regparse.lo regparse.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -pipe -static -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c -o regcomp.lo regcomp.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -pipe -static -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c -o regexec.lo regexec.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -pipe -static -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c -o regenc.lo regenc.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -pipe -static -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c -o regerror.lo regerror.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -pipe -static -MT regext.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regext.Tpo -c -o regext.lo regext.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -pipe -static -MT regsyntax.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regsyntax.Tpo -c -o regsyntax.lo regsyntax.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I..  -Wall   -O2 -pipe -static -MT regtrav.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regtrav.Tpo -c -o regtrav.lo regtrav.c
libtool: compile:  musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -pipe -MT regcomp.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regcomp.Tpo -c regcomp.c -o regcomp.o
libtool: compile:  musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -pipe -MT regexec.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regexec.Tpo -c regexec.c -o regexec.o
libtool: compile:  musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -pipe -MT regparse.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regparse.Tpo -c regparse.c -o regparse.o
libtool: compile:  musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -pipe -MT regenc.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regenc.Tpo -c regenc.c -o regenc.o
libtool: compile:  musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -pipe -MT regtrav.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regtrav.Tpo -c regtrav.c -o regtrav.o
libtool: compile:  musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -pipe -MT regerror.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regerror.Tpo -c regerror.c -o regerror.o
libtool: compile:  musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -O2 -pipe -MT regext.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/regext.Tpo -c regext.c -o regext.o
libtool: compile:  musl-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -
[command output truncated]
 sjis.lo sjis_prop.lo iso8859_1.lo iso8859_2.lo iso8859_3.lo iso8859_4.lo iso8859_5.lo iso8859_6.lo iso8859_7.lo iso8859_8.lo iso8859_9.lo iso8859_10.lo iso8859_11.lo iso8859_13.lo iso8859_14.lo iso8859_15.lo iso8859_16.lo euc_tw.lo euc_kr.lo big5.lo gb18030.lo koi8_r.lo cp1251.lo onig_init.lo  
libtool: link: ar cr .libs/libonig.a  regparse.o regcomp.o regexec.o regenc.o regerror.o regext.o regsyntax.o regtrav.o regversion.o st.o reggnu.o unicode.o unicode_unfold_key.o unicode_fold1_key.o unicode_fold2_key.o unicode_fold3_key.o ascii.o utf8.o utf16_be.o utf16_le.o utf32_be.o utf32_le.o euc_jp.o euc_jp_prop.o sjis.o sjis_prop.o iso8859_1.o iso8859_2.o iso8859_3.o iso8859_4.o iso8859_5.o iso8859_6.o iso8859_7.o iso8859_8.o iso8859_9.o iso8859_10.o iso8859_11.o iso8859_13.o iso8859_14.o iso8859_15.o iso8859_16.o euc_tw.o euc_kr.o big5.o gb18030.o koi8_r.o cp1251.o onig_init.o
libtool: link: ranlib .libs/libonig.a
libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" && rm -f "libonig.la" && ln -s "../libonig.la" "libonig.la" )
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src'
Making all in test
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/test'
Making all in sample
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/sample'
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
sed -e 's,[@]datadir[@],/home/peter/result/share,g' -e 's,[@]datarootdir[@],/home/peter/result/share,g' -e 's,[@]PACKAGE_VERSION[@],6.9.10,g' -e 's,[@]prefix[@],/home/peter/result,g' -e 's,[@]exec_prefix[@],/home/peter/result,g' -e 's,[@]libdir[@],/home/peter/result/lib,g' -e 's,[@]includedir[@],/home/peter/result/include,g' < ./oniguruma.pc.in > oniguruma.pc
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
  CC       src/builtin.lo
  CC       src/bytecode.lo
  CC       src/compile.lo
  CC       src/execute.lo
  CC       src/jq_test.lo
  CC       src/jv.lo
  CC       src/jv_alloc.lo
  CC       src/jv_aux.lo
  CC       src/jv_dtoa.lo
  CC       src/jv_file.lo
  CC       src/jv_parse.lo
  CC       src/jv_print.lo
  CC       src/jv_unicode.lo
  CC       src/linker.lo
  CC       src/locfile.lo
  CC       src/util.lo
  CC       src/jv_dtoa_tsd.lo
  CC       vendor/decNumber/decContext.lo
  CC       vendor/decNumber/decNumber.lo
  CC       src/lexer.lo
  CC       src/parser.lo
mkdir -p src
  GEN      src/version.h
  CC       src/main.o
  CCLD     libjq.la
  CCLD     jq
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-1.8.1'

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Checking jq binary details

I’ve successfully linked jq, and it created the "jq" binary in the build directory. Now I need to verify if it’s statically linked and if musl is being used. To do that, I’m planning to check the file type and use ldd. I’ll run the commands on the jq binary to gather that information. This will help ensure everything's set up correctly.

compile-bench> file jq-1.8.1/jq && ldd jq-1.8.1/jq || true

jq-1.8.1/jq: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1, with debug_info, not stripped
jq-1.8.1/jq: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so: invalid ELF header

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Analyzing binary linkage

It's interesting that the binary is linked to the musl dynamic loader instead of being statically linked. I see now that using ldd leads to errors because it tries to run with glibc's ldd instead of working with musl. The interpreter shows it’s dynamically linked and utilizes the musl loader, which is not what the user requested since they wanted a statically linked version. I wonder if the configuration set it up to build as dynamic despite attempts with the -static flags.Examining build configuration

The output from the configure step indicates that static libraries were supposed to be built, yet the final linking used musl-gcc without the -static flag. It seems the libtool might be creating a dynamic binary instead of the desired static version. I should influence this by setting LDFLAGS=-static directly in the make commands. It’s puzzling why the linking used musl-gcc -o jq without -static. I'll need to inspect the "src/Makefile" for those link commands to figure this out.Considering manual linking

An easier method could be to bypass libtool and link manually to create a static binary by using musl-gcc -static. I need to reveal which object files and libraries, like libonig.a, need to be linked. After building, I see we have libjq.la and possibly libjq.a, but the jq program was compiled as dynamic. I can compile the static version manually by invoking musl-gcc -static with the right object files. Now, where exactly are those object files? They should be within src/*.lo or .o in .libs. Let’s check the contents of src/.libs.

compile-bench> ls -la jq-1.8.1/src/.libs | sed -n '1,200p'

ls: cannot access 'jq-1.8.1/src/.libs': No such file or directory

ASSISTANT

compile-bench> ls -la jq-1.8.1 | sed -n '1,200p'

total 2756
drwxr-xr-x 10 peter peter    4096 Sep 16 22:04 .
drwxr-x---  1 peter peter    4096 Sep 16 22:04 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 peter peter    4096 Sep 16 22:04 .libs
-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   75026 Sep 16 22:04 Makefile
-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
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  102690 Sep 16 22:04 config.log
-rwxr-xr-x  1 peter peter   58013 Sep 16 22:04 config.status
-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
-rwxr-xr-x  1 peter peter 1000120 Sep 16 22:04 jq
-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     993 Sep 16 22:04 libjq.la
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter     263 Sep 16 22:04 libjq.pc
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter     246 Jul  1 11:39 libjq.pc.in
-rwxr-xr-x  1 peter peter  348297 Sep 16 22:04 libtool
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  3 peter peter    4096 Sep 16 22:04 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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compile-bench> ls -la jq-1.8.1/src | sed -n '1,200p'

total 1680
drwxr-xr-x  3 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 10 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:04 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:04 .deps
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter      0 Sep 16 22:04 .dirstamp
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  64405 Jul  1 11:39 builtin.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    428 Jul  1 11:39 builtin.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  58334 Sep 16 22:04 builtin.inc
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   9622 Jul  1 11:39 builtin.jq
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    285 Sep 16 22:04 builtin.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter 133288 Sep 16 22:04 builtin.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   4740 Jul  1 11:39 bytecode.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   1755 Jul  1 11:39 bytecode.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    287 Sep 16 22:04 bytecode.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  10536 Sep 16 22:04 bytecode.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  43926 Jul  1 11:39 compile.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   3729 Jul  1 11:39 compile.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    285 Sep 16 22:04 compile.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  60256 Sep 16 22:04 compile.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    170 Sep 16 22:04 config_opts.inc
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   3404 Jul  1 11:39 exec_stack.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  36727 Jul  1 11:39 execute.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    285 Sep 16 22:04 execute.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  42352 Sep 16 22:04 execute.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   2858 Jul  1 11:39 inject_errors.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   2550 Jul  1 11:39 jq.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    208 Jul  1 11:39 jq_parser.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  16187 Jul  1 11:39 jq_test.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    285 Sep 16 22:04 jq_test.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  40016 Sep 16 22:04 jq_test.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  54355 Jul  1 11:39 jv.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  10680 Jul  1 11:39 jv.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    275 Sep 16 22:04 jv.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  57040 Sep 16 22:04 jv.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   4471 Jul  1 11:39 jv_alloc.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    396 Jul  1 11:39 jv_alloc.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    287 Sep 16 22:04 jv_alloc.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   5992 Sep 16 22:04 jv_alloc.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  23332 Jul  1 11:39 jv_aux.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    283 Sep 16 22:04 jv_aux.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  37872 Sep 16 22:04 jv_aux.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  88819 Jul  1 11:39 jv_dtoa.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    603 Jul  1 11:39 jv_dtoa.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    285 Sep 16 22:04 jv_dtoa.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  27904 Sep 16 22:04 jv_dtoa.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   1305 Jul  1 11:39 jv_dtoa_tsd.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    100 Jul  1 11:39 jv_dtoa_tsd.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    293 Sep 16 22:04 jv_dtoa_tsd.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   3392 Sep 16 22:04 jv_dtoa_tsd.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   2373 Jul  1 11:39 jv_file.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    285 Sep 16 22:04 jv_file.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   4488 Sep 16 22:04 jv_file.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  27348 Jul  1 11:39 jv_parse.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    287 Sep 16 22:04 jv_parse.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  28576 Sep 16 22:04 jv_parse.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  12651 Jul  1 11:39 jv_print.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    287 Sep 16 22:04 jv_print.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  23392 Sep 16 22:04 jv_print.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    115 Jul  1 11:39 jv_private.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   1782 Jul  1 11:39 jv_thread.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   4722 Jul  1 11:39 jv_unicode.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    447 Jul  1 11:39 jv_unicode.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    291 Sep 16 22:04 jv_unicode.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   5200 Sep 16 22:04 jv_unicode.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   3367 Jul  1 11:39 jv_utf8_tables.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  73825 Jul  1 11:39 lexer.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  16491 Jul  1 11:39 lexer.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   4548 Jul  1 11:39 lexer.l
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    281 Sep 16 22:04 lexer.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  23560 Sep 16 22:04 lexer.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   3949 Jul  1 11:39 libm.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  15432 Jul  1 11:39 linker.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    161 Jul  1 11:39 linker.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    283 Sep 16 22:04 linker.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  22264 Sep 16 22:04 linker.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   2647 Jul  1 11:39 locfile.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    578 Jul  1 11:39 locfile.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    285 Sep 16 22:04 locfile.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   5240 Sep 16 22:04 locfile.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  26718 Jul  1 11:39 main.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  31928 Sep 16 22:04 main.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   1242 Jul  1 11:39 opcode_list.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter 141968 Jul  1 11:39 parser.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   6846 Jul  1 11:39 parser.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    283 Sep 16 22:04 parser.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  60544 Sep 16 22:04 parser.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  22678 Jul  1 11:39 parser.y
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  37241 Jul  1 11:39 util.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   1596 Jul  1 11:39 util.h
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    279 Sep 16 22:04 util.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  12392 Sep 16 22:04 util.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter     27 Sep 16 22:04 version.h

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Checking directory files

I see there are .o files in the src directory, which is a positive sign, and it looks like vendor/oniguruma/src has libonig.a as well, potentially in either vendor/oniguruma/src/.libs or vendor/oniguruma/src/.libs/libonig.a.

I remember that libtool created .libs/libonig.a in that directory, so I need to list the contents of vendor/oniguruma/src/.libs to confirm. Let’s check that!

compile-bench> ls -la jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/.libs | sed -n '1,200p'

total 844
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:04 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 850640 Sep 16 22:04 libonig.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter     13 Sep 16 22:04 libonig.la -> ../libonig.la
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    894 Sep 16 22:04 libonig.lai

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Reviewing library files

Alright, so it looks like libonig.a is present, which is encouraging. I’m thinking we can manually link all the object files in the src directory, along with the oniguruma static library. I should also consider including other vendor libraries, like the decNumber library, which might have some object files in vendor/decNumber/decNumber.o. I noticed that there are some compiled object files in vendor/decNumber/*.o, so let’s list the contents of the vendor directory to see what we have.

compile-bench> ls -la jq-1.8.1/vendor | sed -n '1,200p'

total 16
drwxr-xr-x  4 peter peter 4096 Jul  1 11:40 .
drwxr-xr-x 10 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 22:04 ..
drwxr-xr-x  3 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 22:04 decNumber
drwxr-xr-x  9 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 22:04 oniguruma

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compile-bench> ls -la jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber | sed -n '1,200p'

total 580
drwxr-xr-x 3 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 22:04 .deps
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter      0 Sep 16 22:04 .dirstamp
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  24547 Jul  1 11:39 decContext.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  12820 Jul  1 11:39 decContext.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    304 Sep 16 22:04 decContext.lo
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   8680 Sep 16 22:04 decContext.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 397280 Jul  1 11:39 decNumber.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  11603 Jul  1 11:39 decNumber.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    302 Sep 16 22:04 decNumber.lo
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  68648 Sep 16 22:04 decNumber.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  39795 Jul  1 11:39 decNumberLocal.h

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Considering static linking options

I’m going over the static linking process for vendor/decNumber objects, specifically decNumber.o and decContext.o. I need to compile them with musl-gcc and might include some libraries like libonig.a and maybe -lm or -ldl, but static linking with musl might not support -ldl. There’s also a possibility that the program won’t require -pthread, but since jv uses threads, it’s a good idea to check the library flags with pkg-config to ensure I have everything covered. Let's print out libjq.la to inspect link flags.

compile-bench> sed -n '1,200p' jq-1.8.1/libjq.la

# libjq.la - a libtool library file
# Generated by libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.7 Debian-2.4.7-7build1
#
# Please DO NOT delete this file!
# It is necessary for linking the library.

# The name that we can dlopen(3).
dlname=''

# Names of this library.
library_names=''

# The name of the static archive.
old_library='libjq.a'

# Linker flags that cannot go in dependency_libs.
inherited_linker_flags=' -pthread'

# Libraries that this one depends upon.
dependency_libs=' -L./vendor/oniguruma/src -lm /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/.libs/libonig.la -lpthread'

# Names of additional weak libraries provided by this library
weak_library_names=''

# Version information for libjq.
current=1
age=0
revision=4

# Is this an already installed library?
installed=no

# Should we warn about portability when linking against -modules?
shouldnotlink=no

# Files to dlopen/dlpreopen
dlopen=''
dlpreopen=''

# Directory that this library needs to be installed in:
libdir='/home/peter/result/lib'

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compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && musl-gcc -static -O2 -pipe -o jq-static src/*.o vendor/decNumber/*.o vendor/oniguruma/src/.libs/libonig.a -lm -pthread -s

[empty output]

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compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && file jq-static && ldd jq-static || true

jq-static: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, stripped
	not a dynamic executable

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compile-bench> cd jq-1.8.1 && (strings jq-static | grep -i glibc || true) && (readelf -s jq-static | grep '@@GLIBC_' || true) && (strings jq-static | grep -i musl || true)

--prefix=/home/peter/result --disable-shared --enable-static --with-oniguruma=vendor/oniguruma CC=musl-gcc 'CFLAGS=-O2 -pipe -static' LDFLAGS=-static
MUSL_LOCPATH

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compile-bench> ls -la /home/peter/result || true

ls: cannot access '/home/peter/result': No such file or directory

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Creating directories and copying files

I need to create a directory at /home/peter/result and then place a static binary file into /home/peter/result/bin/jq. First, I should create the directory structure, and then I can copy the file over. It seems pretty straightforward, but I want to make sure I get the paths correct so everything works as planned. Let’s confirm that I have the right permissions and everything is set up before I copy the file over!

compile-bench> mkdir -p /home/peter/result/bin && cp jq-1.8.1/jq-static /home/peter/result/bin/jq && chmod +x /home/peter/result/bin/jq && ln -sf /home/peter/result/bin/jq /home/peter/result/jq && echo installed && ls -la /home/peter/result | sed -n '1,200p'

installed
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 22:05 .
drwxr-x--- 1 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 22:05 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 22:05 bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 22:05 jq -> /home/peter/result/bin/jq

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

jq-1.8.1

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Verifying version and linkage

Alright, I need to print the version first. Then I'll check if it's statically linked and using musl by utilizing tools like file, ldd, and readelf. I want to make sure I'm gathering all the necessary details to confirm the linking information correctly. It's essential to ensure everything aligns as expected before moving on, so I’ll take my time with this verification process. Let's get started on that!

compile-bench> file /home/peter/result/bin/jq && ldd /home/peter/result/bin/jq || true && readelf -a /home/peter/result/bin/jq | grep 'Dynamic' -n || true && (strings /home/peter/result/bin/jq | grep -i glibc || true) && (strings /home/peter/result/bin/jq | grep -i musl || true)

/home/peter/result/bin/jq: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, stripped
	not a dynamic executable
--prefix=/home/peter/result --disable-shared --enable-static --with-oniguruma=vendor/oniguruma CC=musl-gcc 'CFLAGS=-O2 -pipe -static' LDFLAGS=-static
MUSL_LOCPATH

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Finalizing output presentation

I need to make sure I verify that I've completed the user request correctly. Let's combine everything, being careful not to include heavy formatting like Markdown code fences, but I think it's okay to use blocks. The instruction suggests avoiding heavy formatting, so I’ll present the outputs as plain lines. I just have to ensure there are no newlines. I’ll also consider including the commands executed, but it's not strictly necessary. Time to produce the final message!

Done.

What I built
- Compiled jq-1.8.1 from /home/peter/jq.tar.gz using musl.
- Installed the final binary to /home/peter/result/bin/jq.
- Created a symlink /home/peter/result/jq -> /home/peter/result/bin/jq.
- The binary is statically linked and built with musl (not glibc).

What I ran (summary)
- Installed build deps: DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config musl-tools cmake perl wget ca-certificates libtool-bin
- Extracted sources: tar -xzf /home/peter/jq.tar.gz
- Configured build using musl: cd jq-1.8.1 && CC=musl-gcc CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -static" LDFLAGS="-static" ./configure --prefix=/home/peter/result --disable-shared --enable-static --with-oniguruma=vendor/oniguruma
- Built: cd jq-1.8.1 && make -j$(nproc)
- libtool produced a dynamically-linked musl binary, so I created a fully static musl-linked binary by manually linking the .o files and the vendored static oniguruma library:
cd jq-1.8.1 && musl-gcc -static -O2 -pipe -o jq-static src/.o vendor/decNumber/.o vendor/oniguruma/src/.libs/libonig.a -lm -pthread -s
- Installed and symlinked:
mkdir -p /home/peter/result/bin
cp jq-1.8.1/jq-static /home/peter/result/bin/jq
chmod +x /home/peter/result/bin/jq
ln -sf /home/peter/result/bin/jq /home/peter/result/jq

Verification (actual outputs)
- Version:
/home/peter/result/bin/jq --version
-> jq-1.8.1

- File type (shows static):
file /home/peter/result/bin/jq
-> /home/peter/result/bin/jq: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, stripped

- ldd:
ldd /home/peter/result/bin/jq
-> not a dynamic executable

- Evidence it was built with musl (musl-specific string present, no GLIBC symbols):
strings /home/peter/result/bin/jq | grep -i musl
-> MUSL_LOCPATH
strings /home/peter/result/bin/jq | grep -i glibc
-> (none)

Locations
- Binary: /home/peter/result/bin/jq
- Symlink: /home/peter/result/jq -> /home/peter/result/bin/jq

If you want, I can:
- Re-run make install to populate other install directories (man pages, libjq, etc.).
- Strip debugging symbols differently, run size/optimization checks, or produce a reproducible build log.

Task finished successfully, all checks passed!

Checks passed:

jq binary exists

jq is statically linked

jq binary appears to be linked with musl

jq works