-with-rtsopts, ghc_rts_opts not honoured

using -with-rtsopts or ghc_rts_opts to build a program, the program subsequently aborts with "Most RTS options are disabled. Link with -rtsopts to enable them." I don't have the environment variable GHCRTS.

$ echo 'main = print (foldl1 (+) [1..100000])' > main.hs
$ ghc --make -with-rtsopts='-K1m' main.hs
$ ./main
main: Most RTS options are disabled. Link with -rtsopts to enable them.

$ rm main main.hi main.o
$ echo 'char *ghc_rts_opts = "-K1m";' > ro.c
$ ghc --make main.hs ro.c
$ ./main
main: Most RTS options are disabled. Link with -rtsopts to enable them.

I obtained ghc from the generic binary tarball for linux x86 32-bit.

This is present in both 7.0.2 and 7.0.3. I don't know about 7.0.1.

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Trac field	Value
Version	7.0.3
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Compiler
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CC	trebla@vex.net
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