Configure script fails on target ia64 machine when trying to cross-compile ghc-6.8.1

I was following the cross-compilation instructions to get GHC working on ia64 cluster. The system is

[ylitus@icarus: ghc-6.8.1]$uname -a
Linux icarus 2.4.21-sgi306rp21 #1 SMP Tue Aug 30 18:51:36 PDT 2005 ia64 ia64 ia64 GNU/Linux

The configuration script returns

[ylitus@icarus: ghc-6.8.1]$./configure  --enable-hc-boot --enable-hc-boot-unregisterised
checking build system type... ia64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... ia64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... ia64-unknown-linux-gnu
Canonicalised to: ia64-unknown-linux
checking for ghc... no
checking for path to top of build tree... ./configure: line 2173: -v0: command not found
./configure: line 1: utils/pwd/pwd: No such file or directory
configure: error: cannot determine current directory

Trac metadata

Trac field	Value
Version	6.8.1
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Compiler
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Operating system	Unknown
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