Summary
Performance
Cost$0.021
Total elapsed time2m12s
LLM inference time2m0s
Command execution time12s
Commands executed19
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Attempt ID yyiv9qehm8k4o Attempt group run-16-09-22-05
Revision fb5c74bd2fee AWS Instance m8i.2xlarge
Start time 2025-09-16T20:22:58.465Z End time 2025-09-16T20:25:11.208Z
Task jq-static Environment ubuntu-22.04-amd64-offline
Model gpt-5-mini-high logo 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 50
Total timeout seconds 900 Single command timeout 600
Cost $0.021 Duration 2m12s
LLM inference time 2m0s Command execution time 12s
Final context tokens 14,980 Total output tokens 3,563
Output reasoning tokens 2,432 Messages 41
Assistant messages 20 User messages 1
System messages 1 Commands executed 19
Task
Task: jq-static

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

Task:
Compile and install statically-linked jq to a specific location.

Difficulties:
Static linking requires correctly configuring the build.

Environment:
Ubuntu 22.04 on amd64, without internet access.

Execution log
SYSTEM

You are a package-building specialist operating a Ubuntu 22.04 bash shell via one tool: run_terminal_cmd.
The current working directory of every run_terminal_cmd is /home/peter.
Execution rules:
- Always pass non-interactive flags for any command that could prompt (e.g., -y, --yes, DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive).
- Don't include any newlines in the command.
- The environment is offline, assume you have all the necessary tools already installed.
If you encounter any errors or issues while doing the user's request, you must fix them and continue the task.
At the end verify you did the user request correctly.

USER

You are given a jq v1.8.1 source code at /home/peter/jq.tar.gz. Please compile the jq package and install it to /home/peter/result. Create a symlink from /home/peter/result/jq to the compiled jq binary. The binary should be statically linked.

ASSISTANT
compile-bench> ls -la /home/peter/jq.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 2026798 Sep 16 20:22 /home/peter/jq.tar.gz
ASSISTANT
compile-bench> cd /home/peter && tar xzf jq.tar.gz
[empty output]
ASSISTANT
compile-bench> ls -la /home/peter
total 2008
drwxr-x--- 1 peter peter    4096 Sep 16 20:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root  root     4096 Sep 15 11:21 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter     220 Jan  6  2022 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    3771 Jan  6  2022 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter     807 Jan  6  2022 .profile
drwxr-xr-x 9 peter peter    4096 Jul  1 11:40 jq-1.8.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 2026798 Sep 16 20:22 jq.tar.gz
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ASSISTANT
compile-bench> cd /home/peter/jq-1.8.1 && ls -la
total 1184
drwxr-xr-x 9 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 .
drwxr-x--- 1 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 20:23 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  10686 Jul  1 11:39 AUTHORS
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   7887 Jul  1 11:39 COPYING
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  33286 Jul  1 11:39 ChangeLog
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   9090 Jul  1 11:39 Makefile.am
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  75461 Jul  1 11:39 Makefile.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  24670 Jul  1 11:39 NEWS.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   2434 Jul  1 11:39 README.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  46459 Jul  1 11:39 aclocal.m4
drwxr-xr-x 3 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 665647 Jul  1 11:39 configure
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   9881 Jul  1 11:39 configure.ac
drwxr-xr-x 5 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 docs
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 124253 Jul  1 11:39 jq.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 124253 Jul  1 11:39 jq.1.prebuilt
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   1431 Jul  1 11:39 jq.spec
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    255 Jul  1 11:39 libjq.pc
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    246 Jul  1 11:39 libjq.pc.in
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 m4
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 scripts
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 src
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 tests
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 vendor
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ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

Inspecting vendor directory

I see that there’s a vendor directory, which probably holds the vendored dependencies, such as onig. It makes sense to take a closer look at what's inside that directory to understand more about the dependencies. I’m curious about how these dependencies fit into the larger project and if they have any specific functions or features I should be aware of. Let's explore this together!

compile-bench> cd /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor && ls -la
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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ASSISTANT
compile-bench> cd /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma && ls -la
total 1280
drwxr-xr-x 9 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter     32 Jul  1 11:39 AUTHORS
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   8304 Jul  1 11:39 CMakeLists.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   1340 Jul  1 11:39 COPYING
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter      0 Jul  1 11:39 ChangeLog
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 125526 Jul  1 11:39 HISTORY
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  15756 Jul  1 11:39 INSTALL
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   2333 Jul  1 11:39 Makefile.am
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  31742 Jul  1 11:39 Makefile.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter      0 Jul  1 11:39 NEWS
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   6446 Jul  1 11:39 README
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  11019 Jul  1 11:39 README.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   6769 Jul  1 11:39 README_japanese
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  42462 Jul  1 11:39 aclocal.m4
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 cmake
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter   7400 Jul  1 11:39 compile
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  48946 Jul  1 11:39 config.guess
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  34131 Jul  1 11:39 config.sub
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 462340 Jul  1 11:39 configure
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   2661 Jul  1 11:39 configure.ac
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  23568 Jul  1 11:39 depcomp
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 doc
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   8583 Jul  1 11:39 index.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   8696 Jul  1 11:39 index_ja.html
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter  15358 Jul  1 11:39 install-sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 333053 Jul  1 11:39 ltmain.sh
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 m4
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    158 Jul  1 11:39 make_win.bat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter   6878 Jul  1 11:39 missing
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   1447 Jul  1 11:39 onig-config.cmake.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   1374 Jul  1 11:39 onig-config.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    307 Jul  1 11:39 oniguruma.pc.cmake.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    269 Jul  1 11:39 oniguruma.pc.in
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 sample
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 src
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 test
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter   4695 Jul  1 11:39 test-driver
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 windows
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ASSISTANT
compile-bench> cd /home/peter/jq-1.8.1 && ./configure --prefix=/home/peter/result LDFLAGS='-static -s' CFLAGS='-O2 -static -fPIC' CPPFLAGS='-O2' --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to enable C11 features... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking for stdio.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for wchar.h... yes
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking whether _XOPEN_SOURCE should be defined... no
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... none
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking for ar... ar
checking the archiver (ar) interface... ar
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to enable C11 features... (cached) none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for bison... no
checking for byacc... no
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for file... file
checking for objdump... objdump
checking 
[command output truncated]
/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for file... file
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for a working dd... /usr/bin/dd
checking how to truncate binary pipes... /usr/bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
checking for mt... no
checking if : is a manifest tool... no
checking for stdio.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for sys/times.h... yes
checking size of int... 4
checking size of long... 8
checking size of long long... 8
checking size of void*... 8
checking for size_t... yes
checking for working alloca.h... yes
checking for alloca... yes
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating test/Makefile
config.status: creating sample/Makefile
config.status: creating onig-config
config.status: creating src/config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
config.status: executing default commands
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ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

Building static configuration

I’m considering the static build and making sure to set LDFLAGS and CFLAGS correctly as '-static -s' and '-O2 -static -fPIC'. I wonder if using -fPIC with static is a bit odd, but I think it will be okay. Next step is to run make, ensuring I include parallel flags with -j and avoid newlines. So, I'll use make -j$(nproc) and check if memory should be sufficient for this process. Alright, let’s run make.

compile-bench> cd /home/peter/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 gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I.. -O2 -Wall   -O2 -static -fPIC -c -o regparse.lo regparse.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I.. -O2 -Wall   -O2 -static -fPIC -c -o regcomp.lo regcomp.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I.. -O2 -Wall   -O2 -static -fPIC -c -o regexec.lo regexec.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I.. -O2 -Wall   -O2 -static -fPIC -c -o regenc.lo regenc.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I.. -O2 -Wall   -O2 -static -fPIC -c -o regerror.lo regerror.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I.. -O2 -Wall   -O2 -static -fPIC -c -o regext.lo regext.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I.. -O2 -Wall   -O2 -static -fPIC -c -o regsyntax.lo regsyntax.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I.. -O2 -Wall   -O2 -static -fPIC -c -o regtrav.lo regtrav.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -O2 -Wall -O2 -fPIC -c regparse.c -o regparse.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -O2 -Wall -O2 -fPIC -c regexec.c -o regexec.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -O2 -Wall -O2 -fPIC -c regenc.c -o regenc.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -O2 -Wall -O2 -fPIC -c regcomp.c -o regcomp.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -O2 -Wall -O2 -fPIC -c regtrav.c -o regtrav.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -O2 -Wall -O2 -fPIC -c regerror.c -o regerror.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -O2 -Wall -O2 -fPIC -c regext.c -o regext.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -O2 -Wall -O2 -fPIC -c regsyntax.c -o regsyntax.o
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I.. -O2 -Wall   -O2 -static -fPIC -c -o regversion.lo regversion.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I.. -O2 -Wall   -O2 -static -fPIC -c -o st.lo st.c
/bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I.. -O2 -Wall   -O2 -static -fPIC -c -o reggnu.lo reggnu.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -O2 -Wall -O2 -fPIC -c regversion.c -o regversion.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -O2 -Wall -O2 -fPIC -c st.c -o st.o
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -O2 -Wall -O2 -fPIC -c regg
[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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ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

Checking binary dependencies

I'm working on completing the binary for 'jq' in the source directory. First, I need to check if it's statically linked. So, I'll run commands like file and ldd to examine the 'jq' binary file. It's crucial to ensure I have a static binary, as that's what I need for my purposes. Let’s see what those commands reveal!

compile-bench> cd /home/peter/jq-1.8.1 && file jq && ldd jq || true
jq: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=068d206c2fb845b14650c0b31891ac1bc912ab61, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, stripped
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffed6ae5000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x000078e090535000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x000078e09030c000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x000078e090701000)
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ASSISTANT
Show reasoning

Examining static linking methods

I’m thinking about how to create a static binary after building. My first thought is to compile or link the object files using gcc -static. Alternatively, I wonder if I should rerun the configuration with --enable-static --disable-shared to make sure it prevents dynamic linking. However, it seems that the binary linking might still be dynamic even with those options. I should take a closer look at the src/Makefile to understand how it links 'jq'.

compile-bench> sed -n '1,240p' /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/src/Makefile
sed: can't read /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/src/Makefile: No such file or directory
ASSISTANT
compile-bench> sed -n '1,240p' /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/Makefile
# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.16.5 from Makefile.am.
# Makefile.  Generated from Makefile.in by configure.

# Copyright (C) 1994-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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Show reasoning

Evaluating dynamic linking issues

I'm looking at how the Makefile uses jq_LINK, which involves LIBTOOL and LDFLAGS, and relies on libjq.la as a dependency. Even though we included LDFLAGS="-static -s" during configuration, it seems like the compiled jq binary ended up being dynamic. I suspect this is due to libtool replacing LDFLAGS or ignoring the -static flag for executables. To create a static binary, I might have to link objects manually instead.

compile-bench> cd /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/src && ls -la .libs || true
ls: cannot access '.libs': No such file or directory
ASSISTANT
compile-bench> cd /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/src && ls -la | sed -n '1,240p'
total 1688
drwxr-xr-x  3 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 20:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 10 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 20:23 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 20:23 .deps
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter      0 Sep 16 20:23 .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 20:23 builtin.inc
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   9622 Jul  1 11:39 builtin.jq
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    285 Sep 16 20:23 builtin.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter 133544 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 bytecode.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  10408 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 compile.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  56072 Sep 16 20:23 compile.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter    165 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 execute.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  42632 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 jq_test.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  40232 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 jv.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  57416 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 jv_alloc.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   6072 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 jv_aux.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  38040 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 jv_dtoa.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  27984 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 jv_dtoa_tsd.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   3440 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 jv_file.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   4688 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 jv_parse.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  28720 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 jv_print.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  23200 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 jv_unicode.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   5256 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 lexer.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  27528 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 linker.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  22288 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 locfile.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter   5264 Sep 16 20:23 locfile.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  26718 Jul  1 11:39 main.c
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  32080 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 parser.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  60480 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 util.lo
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter  12552 Sep 16 20:23 util.o
-rw-r--r--  1 peter peter     27 Sep 16 20:23 version.h
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Inspecting static linking

I'm looking at the object files in src and the static library from vendor. We can manually link all the necessary .o files along with the static library into a single binary. I need to compile a list of object files that includes all the ones from src, vendor/decNumber, and vendor/oniguruma. There's also the libjq archive to consider, but I want to focus on the object files from vendor/decNumber first. Let's inspect those!

compile-bench> ls -la /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber && ls -la /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/*.o || true
total 584
drwxr-xr-x 3 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 20:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 peter peter   4096 Jul  1 11:40 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 20:23 .deps
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter      0 Sep 16 20:23 .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 20:23 decContext.lo
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter   8312 Sep 16 20:23 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 20:23 decNumber.lo
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  70424 Sep 16 20:23 decNumber.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  39795 Jul  1 11:39 decNumberLocal.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  8312 Sep 16 20:23 /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/decContext.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 70424 Sep 16 20:23 /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/decNumber.o
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compile-bench> ls -la /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/.libs || true
total 844
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 20:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 peter peter   4096 Sep 16 20:23 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 850536 Sep 16 20:23 libonig.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter     13 Sep 16 20:23 libonig.la -> ../libonig.la
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    894 Sep 16 20:23 libonig.lai
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Show reasoning

Considering binary linking strategy

I’m thinking about locating the compiled binary somewhere and using a symlink to point to it. I could place the compiled binary at /home/peter/result/bin/jq and link /home/peter/result/jq to it, which seems to fit my requirements. I’ll gather object files from different directories and consider additional flags like -lm and -pthread for linking. I need to make sure I'm correctly including all necessary libraries for static linking, just to be safe.Building the linking command

I'm putting together a command to create a static binary using gcc. I'll ensure to create the necessary directory first and then compile all the relevant object files into the binary. It seems I might need to link with -lrt and perhaps include libgcc_s, but static linking might handle that automatically.

I’ll include the --whole-archive option for libonig.a, just in case symbols need to be included. The planned command will handle both directory creation and compilation, but I might remove -ldl unless I run into missing symbols. Let's give this linking a try!

compile-bench> mkdir -p /home/peter/result/bin && gcc -static -O2 -s -o /home/peter/result/bin/jq /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/src/*.o /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/decNumber/*.o /home/peter/jq-1.8.1/vendor/oniguruma/src/.libs/libonig.a -lm -ldl || true
[empty output]
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compile-bench> file /home/peter/result/bin/jq && ldd /home/peter/result/bin/jq || true
/home/peter/result/bin/jq: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, BuildID[sha1]=44d7cff34ad88c41c1fda78d45322340e9336ed5, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, stripped
	not a dynamic executable
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compile-bench> ln -sf /home/peter/result/bin/jq /home/peter/result/jq && ls -la /home/peter/result /home/peter/result/bin /home/peter/result/jq || true
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 20:24 /home/peter/result/jq -> /home/peter/result/bin/jq

/home/peter/result:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 20:24 .
drwxr-x--- 1 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 20:24 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter 4096 Sep 16 20:24 bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter   25 Sep 16 20:24 jq -> /home/peter/result/bin/jq

/home/peter/result/bin:
total 2240
drwxr-xr-x 2 peter peter    4096 Sep 16 20:24 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 peter peter    4096 Sep 16 20:24 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 2282856 Sep 16 20:24 jq
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Verifying binary functionality

I’m checking if the binary is statically linked and executable. I’ll run the command /home/peter/result/bin/jq --version to see if it works. Since it's a static binary, using --help should also function correctly. However, I can't call external networks at the moment. Despite that, executing the command for jq does print the version as expected. Let’s keep going with this process!

compile-bench> /home/peter/result/bin/jq --version
jq-1.8.1
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Summarizing installation process

I'm working on ensuring that the user wants to install the jq package to /home/peter/result. They asked about running "make install," but since we already produced a binary in /home/peter/result/bin and a symlink, it might not be necessary to install additional files like libjq. The user didn't request those. I'm also verifying static linking and will need to confirm that process. Finally, I’ll prepare a clear message for the user about the steps taken and confirm success.Crafting final message

I need to prepare the final message summarizing the jq installation. The jq version 1.8.1 was compiled from /home/peter/jq.tar.gz and installed in /home/peter/result/bin/jq, creating a symlink at /home/peter/result/jq pointing to the binary. The binary is statically linked. I’ll provide verification about the static linking and the version details. It’s important to avoid heavy formatting but include a small bullet list with key paths. I'll conclude with a verification statement about the static binary and version.

Done.

What I did
- Extracted /home/peter/jq.tar.gz (jq-1.8.1).
- Configured and built the source.
- Created a statically linked jq binary and installed it under /home/peter/result/bin/jq.
- Created a symlink /home/peter/result/jq pointing to /home/peter/result/bin/jq.
- Verified the binary is statically linked and reports the correct version.

Paths and verification
- Binary: /home/peter/result/bin/jq
- Symlink: /home/peter/result/jq -> /home/peter/result/bin/jq
- file output: /home/peter/result/bin/jq: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, ... statically linked
- jq version: jq-1.8.1 (from /home/peter/result/bin/jq --version)

If you want, I can:
- Run make install to install other package files (manpages, libs) into /home/peter/result.
- Place the binary in a different location or change the symlink target.

Task finished successfully, all checks passed!
Checks passed:
jq binary exists
jq is statically linked
jq works