I had this problem with an updated archlinux 64bit. I ``fixed'' it forcing binutils to downgrade. pacman -Udd http://arm.konnichi.com/core/os/x86_64/binutils-2.20.1-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz cabal install cmath pacman -S binutils I'm also having a similar error with bindings-sc3 now, but it does not ``fix'' it.