unconditional relative branch out of range (GHC version 6.8.1-6.10.4 for powerpc_apple_darwin)

Having build ghc-6.8.1 from sources revealed the following problem after installation:

> ghci -package ghc
GHCi, version 6.8.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
Loading package base ... linking ... done.
Loading package old-locale-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package old-time-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package filepath-1.1.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package directory-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package array-0.1.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package containers-0.1.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package hpc-0.5.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package bytestring-0.9.0.1 ... linking ... done.
Loading package pretty-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package packedstring-0.1.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package template-haskell ... linking ... done.
Loading package unix-2.2.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package process-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package readline-1.0.1.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package Cabal-1.2.2.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package random-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package haskell98 ... linking ... done.
ghc-6.8.1: internal error: unconditional relative branch out of range: jump island out of range
    (GHC version 6.8.1 for powerpc_apple_darwin)
    Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug
Abort trap

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Trac field	Value
Version	6.8.1
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	GHCi
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