Linker error (libffi.so.5) in 6.10.2 x86-Linux binary distribution

Hello, I am running Debian Linux with the following uname(1):[[BR]] Linux 2.6.18-6-686-bigmem #1 (closed) SMP Mon Aug 18 09:58:16 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux [[BR]] I downloaded the tarball "http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/6.10.2/ghc-6.10.2-i386-unknown-linux-libedit2.tar.bz2". After doing "configure" and "make install", I got the following output:[[BR]] <snip> Begin log </snip>[[BR]] [[BR]] =======================================================================[[BR]] Installation of ghc-6.10.2 was successful.[[BR]] To use, add /h/uhs/pkg/ghc-6.10.2/bin to your PATH.[[BR]] For documentation, see /h/uhs/pkg/ghc-6.10.2/share/doc/ghc/index.html[[BR]] =======================================================================[[BR]] haddock-2.4.2: dependency Cabal-1.6.0.3 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] haddock-2.4.2: dependency array-0.2.0.0 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] haddock-2.4.2: dependency base-4.1.0.0 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] haddock-2.4.2: dependency containers-0.2.0.1 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] haddock-2.4.2: dependency directory-1.0.0.3 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] haddock-2.4.2: dependency filepath-1.1.0.2 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] haddock-2.4.2: dependency ghc-6.10.2 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] haddock-2.4.2: dependency haskell98-1.0.1.0 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] haddock-2.4.2: dependency pretty-1.0.1.0 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] rts-1.0: include-dirs: PAPI_INCLUDE_DIR doesn't exist or isn't a directory (ignoring)[[BR]] ifBuildable/ifBuildable: error while loading shared libraries: libffi.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory[[BR]] [... Many identical lines ...][[BR]] ifBuildable/ifBuildable: error while loading shared libraries: libffi.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory[[BR]] ghc-6.10.2: dependency Cabal-1.6.0.3 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] ghc-6.10.2: dependency array-0.2.0.0 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] ghc-6.10.2: dependency base-4.1.0.0 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] ghc-6.10.2: dependency bytestring-0.9.1.4 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] ghc-6.10.2: dependency containers-0.2.0.1 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] ghc-6.10.2: dependency directory-1.0.0.3 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] ghc-6.10.2: dependency editline-0.2.1.0 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] ghc-6.10.2: dependency filepath-1.1.0.2 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] ghc-6.10.2: dependency haskell98-1.0.1.0 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] ghc-6.10.2: dependency hpc-0.5.0.3 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] ghc-6.10.2: dependency old-time-1.0.0.2 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] ghc-6.10.2: dependency process-1.0.1.1 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] ghc-6.10.2: dependency template-haskell-2.3.0.1 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] ghc-6.10.2: dependency unix-2.3.2.0 doesn't exist (ignoring)[[BR]] [[BR]] <snip> End log </snip>[[BR]] [[BR]] I tried to start ghci and got:[[BR]] <snip> Begin log </snip>[[BR]] [[BR]] GHCi, version 6.10.2: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help[[BR]] ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)[[BR]]

(GHC version 6.10.2 for i386-unknown-linux):[[BR]]

interactiveUI:setBuffering2[[BR]]

[[BR]] Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug[[BR]] [[BR]] <snip> End log </snip>[[BR]] [[BR]] The same process (download, configure, make, run) worked fine for the 6.10.1 x86-Linux binary distribution.

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Trac field	Value
Version	6.10.2
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Runtime System
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