Task
coreutils-old-version

GNU coreutils 5.0 (from 2003) is a collection of Linux utilities like ls, cp, mv, etc. Project link: gnu.org/software/coreutils

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

Difficulties: The source is very old (2003) and requires heavy patching.

Environment: Ubuntu 22.04 on amd64, without internet access.

Best attempt
Model gpt-5-mini-minimal logo gpt-5-mini-minimal
Attempt ov75uekkycz7t
# of commands 5
Total time 3m7s
Cost $0.007
Terminal transcript >
compile-bench> set -e; export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive; cd /home/peter; rm -rf coreutils-src result build; mkdir -p build result; tar -xzf coreutils.tar.gz -C build; srcdir=$(find build -maxdepth 1 -type d -name 'coreutils*' | head -n1); if [ -z "$srcdir" ]; then echo 'source dir not found' >&2; exit 1; fi; cd "$srcdir"; echo "Configuring in $(pwd)"; ./configure --prefix=/home/peter/result --enable-no-install-program=; make -j$(nproc); make install-strip; # create individual symlinks to binaries in bin and usr/bin if any
cd /home/peter/result; for f in bin/* sbin/* 2>/dev/null; do :; done; # create symlinks for executables found under /home/peter/result
find /home/peter/result -type f -perm /u=x,g=x,o=x | while read -r bin; do name=$(basename "$bin"); ln -sf "$bin" /home/peter/result/$name; done; # verify
echo 'Installed files:'; ls -1 /home/peter/result | sed -n '1,200p'; echo 'Done'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0/src'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:815: all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0/src'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:244: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0'
make: *** [Makefile:199: all] Error 2
compile-bench> set -e; cd /home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0; # apply patch to rename eaccess to my_eaccess in test.c and headers
if grep -q "eaccess (char const *file, int mode)" test.c; then sed -i 's/\beaccess\b/my_eaccess/g' test.c; fi; if grep -q "\beaccess\b" *.h 2>/dev/null; then sed -i 's/\beaccess\b/my_eaccess/g' *.h || true; fi; # also avoid tee conflict by renaming function tee in tee.c? but error was about tee macro; rename local tee function in test.c earlier showed tee conflict. Build again
./configure --prefix=/home/peter/result; make -j$(nproc) || make -j1; make install-strip || true; # if install failed, continue
# create symlinks
cd /home/peter/result; find . -type f -perm /u=x,g=x,o=x | while read -r bin; do name=$(basename "$bin"); ln -sf "$PWD/$bin" /home/peter/result/$name; done; echo 'Done'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0/src'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:815: all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0/src'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:244: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0'
make: *** [Makefile:199: all] Error 2
compile-bench> set -e; cd /home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0; # add -lm to LIBS in src/Makefile
if grep -q "^LIBS =" src/Makefile; then sed -i "s/^LIBS =/LIBS = -lm/" src/Makefile; else echo 'LIBS = -lm' >> src/Makefile; fi; make -j$(nproc) || make -j1; make install-strip; cd /home/peter/result; find . -type f -perm /u=x,g=x,o=x | while read -r bin; do name=$(basename "$bin"); ln -sf "$PWD/$bin" /home/peter/result/$name; done; echo 'Verify:'; ls -1 /home/peter/result | sed -n '1,200p'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0/src'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:815: all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0/src'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:244: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0'
make: *** [Makefile:199: all] Error 2
compile-bench> set -e; cd /home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0/src; # rename static function tee to my_tee in tee.c and header declarations
sed -i 's/\btee\s*(/my_tee(/g' tee.c; sed -i 's/\btee\b/my_tee/g' tee.c; # adjust any callers
grep -R "\btee\b" -n .. || true; cd /home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0; make -j$(nproc) || make -j1; make install-strip; cd /home/peter/result; find . -type f -perm /u=x,g=x,o=x | while read -r bin; do name=$(basename "$bin"); ln -sf "$PWD/$bin" /home/peter/result/$name; done; echo 'Final verify:'; ls -1 /home/peter/result | sed -n '1,300p'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0/src'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:815: all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0/src'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:244: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0'
make: *** [Makefile:199: all] Error 2
compile-bench> set -e; cd /home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0/src; sed -n '1,260p' test.c | sed -n '1,220p' > /tmp/test_head.txt || true; # rename eaccess to my_eaccess
sed -i 's/\beaccess\b/my_eaccess/g' test.c; sed -n '1,260p' test.c | sed -n '1,220p' > /tmp/test_head2.txt || true; cd /home/peter/build/coreutils-5.0; make -j$(nproc) || make -j1; make install-strip; cd /home/peter/result; find . -type f -perm /u=x,g=x,o=x | while read -r bin; do name=$(basename "$bin"); ln -sf "$PWD/$bin" /home/peter/result/$name; done; echo 'Done. List:'; ls -1 /home/peter/result | sed -n '1,300p'
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# Model
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grok-4 logo grok-4
100%
12 (2.4x) 5m47s (3.2x) $0.243 (37.1x)
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gpt-5-minimal logo gpt-5-minimal
100%
13 (2.6x) 2m31s (1.4x) $0.085 (13.0x)
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gpt-5-mini-high logo gpt-5-mini-high
100%
25 (5.0x) 7m25s (4.1x) $0.047 (7.2x)
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claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k logo claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k
100%
28 (5.6x) 5m24s (3.0x) $1.494 (227.8x)
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gpt-5-high logo gpt-5-high
100%
35 (7.0x) 6m50s (3.8x) $0.228 (34.7x)
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claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k
100%
37 (7.4x) 3m54s (2.1x) $0.379 (57.9x)
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claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k
100%
40 (8.0x) 4m39s (2.6x) $0.408 (62.2x)
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gpt-5-codex-high logo gpt-5-codex-high
100%
43 (8.6x) 5m8s (2.8x) $0.275 (42.0x)
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claude-sonnet-4.5 logo claude-sonnet-4.5
100%
57 (11.4x) 4m17s (2.4x) $0.521 (79.5x)
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claude-sonnet-4 logo claude-sonnet-4
100%
63 (12.6x) 4m32s (2.5x) $0.646 (98.6x)
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qwen3-max logo qwen3-max
67%
8 (1.6x) 1m49s (1.0x) $0.059 (8.9x)
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grok-code-fast-1 logo grok-code-fast-1
67%
28 (5.6x) 4m19s (2.4x) $0.022 (3.4x)
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deepseek-v3.1-terminus logo deepseek-v3.1-terminus
67%
28 (5.6x) 4m42s (2.6x) $0.105 (16.0x)
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kimi-k2-0905 logo kimi-k2-0905
67%
35 (7.0x) 3m19s (1.8x) $0.334 (51.0x)
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grok-4-fast logo grok-4-fast
67%
37 (7.4x) 7m16s (4.0x) $0.040 (6.1x)
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deepseek-v3.1 logo deepseek-v3.1
67%
49 (9.8x) 3m11s (1.7x) $0.355 (54.1x)
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gpt-5-mini-minimal logo gpt-5-mini-minimal
33%
5 (1.0x) 3m7s (1.7x) $0.007 (1.0x)
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gpt-4.1-mini logo gpt-4.1-mini
33%
21 (4.2x) 15m1s (8.3x) $0.045 (6.9x)
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glm-4.5 logo glm-4.5
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75 (15.0x) 6m44s (3.7x) $0.566 (86.4x)
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gemini-2.5-flash logo gemini-2.5-flash
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gemini-2.5-pro logo gemini-2.5-pro
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gpt-4.1 logo gpt-4.1
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gpt-oss-120b-high logo gpt-oss-120b-high
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Attempts
Model Attempt ID Cost Duration Status / Error
claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k logo claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k
4zgknwl6ebr1d $2.583 19m4s Success
claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k logo claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k
l4sqq9kgy7m3k $0.900 3m51s Success
claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k logo claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k
y4igco0imbqau $1.494 5m24s Success
claude-sonnet-4 logo claude-sonnet-4
5s01toy181ots $0.646 6m17s Success
claude-sonnet-4 logo claude-sonnet-4
89rw1fujnij0p $0.793 4m32s Success
claude-sonnet-4 logo claude-sonnet-4
h7d1bi6l22b7x $0.386 3m27s Success
claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k
htqn1ylnw2hnt $0.592 7m46s Success
claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k
nlktx2ewr2ezf $0.394 4m39s Success
claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k
w5gv8vqknq8ix $0.408 4m37s Success
claude-sonnet-4.5 logo claude-sonnet-4.5
gc06c3aibqvg0 $0.499 4m48s Success
claude-sonnet-4.5 logo claude-sonnet-4.5
ifl1v0lpnshh1 $0.521 3m18s Success
claude-sonnet-4.5 logo claude-sonnet-4.5
m45lrir1yolhg $0.653 4m17s Success
claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k
7o8tyki994695 $0.406 3m53s Success
claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k
mghtc374epad0 $0.379 4m18s Success
claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k
pngf8zm8zli3w $0.321 3m54s Success
deepseek-v3.1 logo deepseek-v3.1
281l9svxi2cd5 $0.355 3m11s Success
deepseek-v3.1 logo deepseek-v3.1
igek8l605gxyb $0.527 3m21s Success
deepseek-v3.1 logo deepseek-v3.1
zvvds288xdcm1 $0.369 3m11s Failure task failed: install missing at /home/peter/result/install or not executable
deepseek-v3.1-terminus logo deepseek-v3.1-terminus
0jizc9vaajx8x $0.105 4m48s Success
deepseek-v3.1-terminus logo deepseek-v3.1-terminus
1qhc4ph49xvev $0.148 4m42s Success
deepseek-v3.1-terminus logo deepseek-v3.1-terminus
h7ozgpm05ntu0 $0.158 5m2s Failure task failed: df missing at /home/peter/result/df or not executable
gemini-2.5-flash logo gemini-2.5-flash
22kvbqe7s9e7a $0.235 14m31s Failure exceeded max tool calls (90)
gemini-2.5-flash logo gemini-2.5-flash
52njs5c5fvgg0 $0.036 4m40s Failure task failed: chroot missing at /home/peter/result/chroot or not executable
gemini-2.5-flash logo gemini-2.5-flash
un0m2bqbkbovf $0.260 13m35s Failure task failed: sha1sum binary does not exist
gemini-2.5-flash-thinking logo gemini-2.5-flash-thinking
02ofxvn1wnw8g $0.034 2m25s Failure task failed: df missing at /home/peter/result/df or not executable
gemini-2.5-flash-thinking logo gemini-2.5-flash-thinking
asuvr8gm3mxk1 $0.132 19m57s Failure context timeout: context deadline exceeded
gemini-2.5-flash-thinking logo gemini-2.5-flash-thinking
w2c8hsvl88jiw $0.089 19m52s Failure context timeout: context deadline exceeded
gemini-2.5-pro logo gemini-2.5-pro
6zq8inevfx8ds $0.777 9m30s Failure exceeded max tool calls (90)
gemini-2.5-pro logo gemini-2.5-pro
8jfa9wn9zcqdd $0.094 2m27s Failure task failed: chroot missing at /home/peter/result/chroot or not executable
gemini-2.5-pro logo gemini-2.5-pro
rmo65epaw2rw6 $0.218 4m56s Failure task failed: chroot missing at /home/peter/result/chroot or not executable
glm-4.5 logo glm-4.5
5sf13h26pxlzn $0.073 2m18s Failure task failed: sha1sum binary does not exist
glm-4.5 logo glm-4.5
86275dcc9re9k $0.566 6m44s Success
glm-4.5 logo glm-4.5
s74lri9vfhhc1 $0.035 1m54s Failure task failed: sha1sum binary does not exist
gpt-4.1 logo gpt-4.1
335ro2eow4mpt $0.333 2m31s Failure task failed: install missing at /home/peter/result/install or not executable
gpt-4.1 logo gpt-4.1
fkq26et7a9e1q $1.244 4m39s Failure task failed: sha1sum binary does not exist
gpt-4.1 logo gpt-4.1
k8w4b7mlwvosf $1.243 5m5s Failure task failed: groups missing at /home/peter/result/groups or not executable
gpt-4.1-mini logo gpt-4.1-mini
0czs7cd61cgiv $0.428 4m24s Failure exceeded max tool calls (90)
gpt-4.1-mini logo gpt-4.1-mini
pk3sw083z1mhf $0.045 15m1s Success
gpt-4.1-mini logo gpt-4.1-mini
r0va6gg2yz6cw $0.289 4m6s Failure exceeded max tool calls (90)
gpt-5-codex-high logo gpt-5-codex-high
3ekrd46s9d867 $0.275 6m50s Success
gpt-5-codex-high logo gpt-5-codex-high
ab4iuxfkr6i85 $0.295 5m8s Success
gpt-5-codex-high logo gpt-5-codex-high
s2p70fvq14ldn $0.162 3m51s Success
gpt-5-high logo gpt-5-high
lpwkqycgej1dy $0.177 6m50s Success
gpt-5-high logo gpt-5-high
voe8esm42oiot $0.228 5m39s Success
gpt-5-high logo gpt-5-high
ybnt1nyjz0lra $0.291 8m32s Success
gpt-5-mini-high logo gpt-5-mini-high
6b3e0y879rrv6 $0.069 7m25s Success
gpt-5-mini-high logo gpt-5-mini-high
hbo2sd0aay6v6 $0.038 6m2s Success
gpt-5-mini-high logo gpt-5-mini-high
lwlyu0ig87c7w $0.047 7m40s Success
gpt-5-mini-minimal logo gpt-5-mini-minimal
d9t1djg24wnaq $0.016 4m1s Failure task failed: sha1sum binary does not exist
gpt-5-mini-minimal logo gpt-5-mini-minimal
ov75uekkycz7t $0.007 3m7s Success
gpt-5-mini-minimal logo gpt-5-mini-minimal
xa3nkglfqxzsi $0.007 3m20s Failure task failed: sha1sum binary does not exist
gpt-5-minimal logo gpt-5-minimal
o2o7i6nrwj916 $0.050 2m12s Success
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sfasrxttuoiod $0.085 2m31s Success
gpt-5-minimal logo gpt-5-minimal
sqjv5c8wq9w2c $0.085 2m35s Success
gpt-oss-120b-high logo gpt-oss-120b-high
3g1a0t58qzydc $0.007 1m36s Failure task failed: sha1sum binary does not exist
gpt-oss-120b-high logo gpt-oss-120b-high
8l6slgfyu8u6j $0.000 3s Failure task failed: sha1sum binary does not exist
gpt-oss-120b-high logo gpt-oss-120b-high
tax4k529iosv8 $0.114 4m6s Failure task failed: sha1sum binary does not exist
grok-4 logo grok-4
5p3vlguat3wv5 $0.203 4m46s Success
grok-4 logo grok-4
f42wz7er54s06 $0.243 7m27s Success
grok-4 logo grok-4
ywe12bzjsdojn $0.298 5m47s Success
grok-4-fast logo grok-4-fast
p2sx3gryx4g45 $0.021 7m8s Failure task failed: sha1sum binary does not exist
grok-4-fast logo grok-4-fast
q2bq72myqpt3d $0.138 14m59s Success
grok-4-fast logo grok-4-fast
v8x0g3tsjjxs8 $0.040 7m16s Success
grok-code-fast-1 logo grok-code-fast-1
chfj8fel013c8 $0.041 16m3s Success
grok-code-fast-1 logo grok-code-fast-1
h5x58jegtaw87 $0.013 2m26s Failure task failed: install missing at /home/peter/result/install or not executable
grok-code-fast-1 logo grok-code-fast-1
kq37r4dvh4r42 $0.022 4m19s Success
kimi-k2-0905 logo kimi-k2-0905
s0ua7nnulbi9r $1.358 4m25s Success
kimi-k2-0905 logo kimi-k2-0905
t9k6qymlrf1tz $0.757 4m47s Failure task failed: chroot missing at /home/peter/result/chroot or not executable
kimi-k2-0905 logo kimi-k2-0905
u1bt6at9900sh $0.334 3m19s Success
qwen3-max logo qwen3-max
mxv11g9o5jx2j $3.012 6m38s Failure exceeded max cost dollars (max=$3.00, current=3.01)
qwen3-max logo qwen3-max
qv7n0li11olhe $0.059 1m49s Success
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zrk9vom0swqf2 $0.780 4m41s Success