... but the errors are getting more entertaining... ;-)
../../../ghc/driver/ghc-inplace -recomp -cpp -fglasgow-exts-no-lang -fvia-C
-Rghc-timing -O -package-name std -static -split-objs -H12m -c PrelBase.lhs
-o PrelBase.o -osuf o
PrelBase.lhs:203:
`a' is not in scope
When checking kinds in `a'
In the data type declaration for `[]'