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Arithmetic -> illegal instruction

rpm downloaded from

ftp://ftp.cse.unsw.edu.au/pub/users/chak/jibunmaki/i386/ghc-5.00-2.i386.rpm

and installed, I ran it:

23:04:09 pictogramme: ghci
   ___         ___ _
  / _ \ /\  /\/ __(_)
 / /_\// /_/ / /  | |      GHC Interactive, version
5.00, For Haskell 98.
/ /_\\/ __  / /___| |      http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
\____/\/ /_/\____/|_|      Type :? for help.

Loading package std ... linking ... done.
Prelude> product [1..10]
3628800
(0.26 secs, 3763800 bytes)
Prelude> product [1..100]
Illegal instruction (core dumped)

Similarly
22:52:33 pictogramme: ghci
   ___         ___ _
  / _ \ /\  /\/ __(_)
 / /_\// /_/ / /  | |      GHC Interactive, version
5.00, For Haskell 98.
/ /_\\/ __  / /___| |      http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
\____/\/ /_/\____/|_|      Type :? for help.

Loading package std ... linking ... done.
Prelude> 2^67
147573952589676412928
(0.50 secs, 7191048 bytes)
Prelude> 2^68
Illegal instruction (core dumped)

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23:09:53 pictogramme: rpm -q gmp ghc
gmp-3.1.1-3
ghc-5.00-2

23:11:38 pictogramme: cat /etc/issue

Red Hat Linux release 7.1 (Seawolf)
Kernel 2.4.2-2 on an i586

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Version 5.0
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution ResolvedDuplicate
Component Runtime System
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