checkProddableBlock: invalid fixup in runtime linker

From: Tom Pledger <tkpledger@yahoo.co.nz>

Platform: Mandrake, linux kernel version 2.4.27-xena-1

This one has a good workaround: leave off the -g flag 
when compiling C for use with ghci.

$ echo "int hello(){}" > hello.c
$ gcc -g -c hello.c
$ ghci hello.o 
   ___         ___ _
  / _ \ /\  /\/ __(_)
 / /_\// /_/ / /  | |      GHC Interactive, version 6.2.1, 
for Haskell 98.
/ /_\\/ __  / /___| |      http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
\____/\/ /_/\____/|_|      Type :? for help.

Loading package base ... linking ... done.
Loading object (static) hello.o ... done
final link ... ghc-6.2.1: internal error: 
checkProddableBlock: invalid fixup in runtime linker
    Please report this as a bug to glasgow-haskell-
bugs@haskell.org,
    or http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/ghc/

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Trac field	Value
Version	6.2.1
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	ResolvedFixed
Component	None
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