GHCi cannot start

GHCi cannot start if started in the standard library
directory.

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$ pwd
/usr/local/lib/ghc-5.00.2/imports/std   

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

Loading package std ... linking ... done.

<no file>:0:
    failed to load interface for `IO': Module `IO' is
not loaded

<no file>:0: Variable not in scope: `IO.hFlush'

<no file>:0:
    failed to load interface for `PrelHandle':
        Module `PrelHandle' is not loaded

<no file>:0: Variable not in scope: `PrelHandle.stderr'
ghc-5.00.2: panic! (the `impossible' happened, GHC
version 5.00.2):
        interactiveUI:stderr

Please report it as a compiler bug to
glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org,
or http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghc/.


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It does work in any other directory.

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Trac field	Value
Version	5.0
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	ResolvedFixed
Component	Compiler
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