mmap() returned memory outside 2Gb - GHC on ubuntu hardy amd64

[Simon Marlow]

Rahul Kapoor wrote:
> I cannot get GHC to work on a fresh ubuntu hardy machine:
> 
> On installing using the package manager I get an error when
> running ghci:
> 
>  "R_X86_64_32S relocation out of range:" - similar to
> http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2013, but that bug is
> FreeBSD specific.
> 
> I decided to install the binary distribution: after which running
> ghci fails with error:
> 
> GHCi, version 6.10.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
> ghc: internal error: mmap() returned memory outside 2Gb
>     (GHC version 6.10.1 for x86_64_unknown_linux)
>     Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug
> Aborted
> 
> 
> I Added issues #2779 to Trac for the second case.
> 
> Are there any possible work arounds for these problems?

I've made a speculative fix.  If you're able to test it, that would be very 
helpful:

http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2063

Cheers,
	Simon