GHC 9.6.3: Linux (x86-64): Alpine (Static, GMP bignum implementation): GHCi: unknown symbol `__gmpn_rshift'

Summary

Executing

ghci

results in

GHCi, version 9.6.3: https://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
ghc-9.6.3: /usr/local/lib/ghc-9.6.3/lib/x86_64-linux-ghc-9.6.3/ghc-bignum-1.3/HSghc-bignum-1.3.o: unknown symbol `__gmpn_rshift'
ghc-9.6.3: Could not load Object Code /usr/local/lib/ghc-9.6.3/lib/x86_64-linux-ghc-9.6.3/ghc-bignum-1.3/HSghc-bignum-1.3.o.

ghc-9.6.3: unable to load unit `ghc-bignum-1.3'
/tmp/ghc-9.6.3-x86_64-unknown-linux # cat /usr/local/lib/ghc-9.6.3/lib/x86_64-linux-ghc-9.6.3/ghc-bignum-1.3/HSghc-bignum-1.3.
HSghc-bignum-1.3.o    HSghc-bignum-1.3.p_o

Steps to reproduce

On a host (Linux/x86_64) running docker:

docker run --rm -ti alpine:3.12

Inside the container:

apk add --no-cache build-base curl

cd /tmp \
  && curl -sSLO https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/9.6.3/ghc-9.6.3-x86_64-alpine3_12-linux-static.tar.xz \
  && tar -xJf ghc-9.6.3-x86_64-alpine3_12-linux-static.tar.xz \
  && cd ghc-9.6.3-x86_64-unknown-linux

./configure

make install

ghci

Expected behavior

GHCi starts successfully.

Environment

• GHC version used: 9.6.3

Optional:

• Operating System: Alpine Linux 3.12.12
• System Architecture: x86_64