Mac OS X build fails: ghc.mk:96: *** Make has restarted itself 3 times; is there a makefile bug?

The tn23 GHC builder

thorkil-naurs-intel-mac-mini:~ thorkilnaur$ uname -a
Darwin thorkil-naurs-intel-mac-mini.local 9.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:55:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_I386 i386
thorkil-naurs-intel-mac-mini:~ thorkilnaur$ ghc --version
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.10.4
thorkil-naurs-intel-mac-mini:~ thorkilnaur$

fails with:

chmod +x                               inplace/bin/hsc2hs
"inplace/bin/hsc2hs" --cc=/usr/bin/gcc --ld=/usr/bin/gcc  --cflag=-m32   --cflag=-D__GLASGOW_HASKELL__=613 '--cflag=-m32' '--cflag=-Ilibraries/hpc/.' '--cflag=-isystem/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/directory-1.0.0.3/include' '--cflag=-isystem/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/unix-2.3.2.0/include' '--cflag=-isystem/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/old-time-1.0.0.2/include' '--cflag=-isystem/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/base-4.1.0.0/include' '--cflag=-isystem/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/include' '--lflag=-m32' '--lflag=-L/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/directory-1.0.0.3' '--lflag=-L/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/unix-2.3.2.0' '--lflag=-L/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/old-time-1.0.0.2' '--lflag=-L/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/old-locale-1.0.0.1' '--lflag=-L/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/filepath-1.1.0.2' '--lflag=-L/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/containers-0.2.0.1' '--lflag=-L/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/array-0.2.0.0' '--lflag=-L/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/syb-0.1.0.1' '--lflag=-L/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/base-4.1.0.0' '--lflag=-L/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/integer-0.1.0.1' '--lflag=-L/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4/ghc-prim-0.1.0.0' '--lflag=-L/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/lib/ghc-6.10.4' '--lflag=-ldl' '--lflag=-lm' '--lflag=-lffi' '--lflag=-lgmp' '--lflag=-ldl'   libraries/hpc/./Trace/Hpc/Reflect.hsc -o libraries/hpc/dist-boot/build/Trace/Hpc/Reflect.hs
"rm" -f libraries/hpc/dist-boot/build/.depend-v.haskell.tmp
touch libraries/hpc/dist-boot/build/.depend-v.haskell.tmp
"/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/bin/ghc" -M -include-pkg-deps -dep-makefile libraries/hpc/dist-boot/build/.depend-v.haskell.tmp  -H32m -O -package-conf libraries/bootstrapping.conf -package-name hpc-0.5.0.5 -hide-all-packages -i -ilibraries/hpc/. -ilibraries/hpc/dist-boot/build -ilibraries/hpc/dist-boot/build/autogen -Ilibraries/hpc/dist-boot/build -Ilibraries/hpc/dist-boot/build/autogen -Ilibraries/hpc/. -optP-include -optPlibraries/hpc/dist-boot/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h -package base-4.1.0.0 -package containers-0.2.0.1 -package directory-1.0.0.3 -package old-time-1.0.0.2 -Wall -XCPP -fno-warn-deprecated-flags -odir libraries/hpc/dist-boot/build -hidir libraries/hpc/dist-boot/build -stubdir libraries/hpc/dist-boot/build -hisuf hi -osuf o -hcsuf hc  libraries/hpc/./Trace/Hpc/Util.hs  libraries/hpc/./Trace/Hpc/Mix.hs  libraries/hpc/./Trace/Hpc/Tix.hs  libraries/hpc/dist-boot/build/Trace/Hpc/Reflect.hs
echo "libraries/hpc_dist-boot_depfile_haskell_EXISTS = YES" >> libraries/hpc/dist-boot/build/.depend-v.haskell.tmp
for dir in libraries/hpc/dist-boot/build/Trace/Hpc/; do if test ! -d $dir; then mkdir -p $dir; fi done
mv libraries/hpc/dist-boot/build/.depend-v.haskell.tmp libraries/hpc/dist-boot/build/.depend-v.haskell
ghc.mk:96: *** Make has restarted itself 3 times; is there a makefile bug?.  Stop.
make: *** [all] Error 2

First time: http://darcs.haskell.org/ghcBuilder/builders/tn23/20.html

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Trac field	Value
Version	6.13
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Compiler
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