Compiling a main program yields: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lHSrtsmain

I have installed the generic Linux binary package for GHC-6.12.1 from

http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/6.12.1/ghc-6.12.1-i386-unknown-linux-n.tar.bz2

on Kubuntu.

When I try to compile a simple main program, like

main = putStr "Hello world!\n"

I get

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lHSrtsmain

The reason is, that /usr/local/lib/ghc-6.12.1/libHSrtsmain.a is not readable by users. I could fix the problem for me using

sudo chmod a+r /usr/local/lib/ghc-6.12.1/libHS*

Trac metadata

Trac field	Value
Version	6.12.1
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Build System
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CC	ghc@henning-thielemann.de
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