SunOS 5.8: lib/HSunix.o: unknown symbol `sendfile'

hello. 
 
on SunOS 5.8, with a fresh compiled ghc (configure 
-prefix=/home/xxx/local && make) 
and the some for the precompiled version,  
i getting the following error.  
any ideas or help? 
 
thx in advance, klaus 
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> ghci-6.0.1 -package unix 
   ___         ___ _ 
  / _ \ /\  /\/ __(_) 
 / /_\// /_/ / /  | |      GHC Interactive, version 6.0.1, for 
Haskell 98. 
/ /_\\/ __  / /___| |      http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ 
\____/\/ /_/\____/|_|      Type :? for help. 
 
Loading package base ... linking ... done. 
Loading package unix ... linking ... 
/home/xxx/local/lib/HSunix.o: unknown symbol `sendfile' 
ghc-6.0.1: panic! (the `impossible' happened, GHC version 
6.0.1): 
        can't load package `unix' 
 
 
----- 
or in the long form 
> ghci-6.0.1 -v -package unix 
   ___         ___ _ 
  / _ \ /\  /\/ __(_) 
 / /_\// /_/ / /  | |      GHC Interactive, version 6.0.1, for 
Haskell 98. 
/ /_\\/ __  / /___| |      http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ 
\____/\/ /_/\____/|_|      Type :? for help. 
 
Glasgow Haskell Compiler, Version 6.0.1, for Haskell 98, 
compiled by GHC version 6.0 
Using package config file: 
/home/xxx/local/lib/ghc-6.0.1/package.conf 
 
==================== Packages 
==================== 
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Hsc static flags: -static -fignore-interface-pragmas 
-fomit-interface-pragmas -fdo-lambda-eta-expansion 
-flet-no-escape 
*** Parser: 
*** Desugar: 
*** Simplify: 
*** CorePrep: 
*** ByteCodeGen: 
Loading package base ... linking ... done. 
Loading package unix ... linking ... 
/home/xxx/local/lib/ghc-6.0.1/HSunix.o: unknown symbol 
`sendfile' 
*** Deleting temp files 
Deleting: 
ghc-6.0.1: panic! (the `impossible' happened, GHC version 
6.0.1): 
        can't load package `unix' 
 
Please report it as a compiler bug to 
glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org, 
or http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghc/. 

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Version	6.0.1
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	ResolvedFixed
Component	Compiler
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