ghci on RedHat 9

[Simon Marlow]

> I've just installed a new system w/ RedHat 9, including
> patches.  Now, ghci (5.04.3) doesn't work.
> 
> First I tried the RH8 rpms available from
> http://www.haskell.org/ghc.  Error.  The compiler itself
> seemed fine, so then I tried building ghci and the entire
> 5.04.3 from source using the RH8 rpm 5.04.3 compiler.
> 
> It built, but ghci still gives an error:
> 
> [erikp]$ ghci
>    ___         ___ _
>   / _ \ /\  /\/ __(_)
>  / /_\// /_/ / /  | |      GHC Interactive, version 5.04.3, 
> for Haskell 98.
> / /_\\/ __  / /___| |      http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
> \____/\/ /_/\____/|_|      Type :? for help.
> 
> Loading package base ... linking ... 
> /opt/ghc/5.04.3/lib/ghc-5.04.3/HSbase_cbits.o: unknown symbol 
> `__umoddi3'
> ghc-5.04.3: panic! (the `impossible' happened, GHC version 5.04.3):
>         can't load package `base'

We think we have a fix for this one now.  Several people have reported
it.

Try the attached patch, and let me know if it helps.
 
Cheers,
	Simon
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