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x86_64 tarball of ghc 6.4.1 for Linux contains broken symbolic links

The tarball at http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/6.4.1/ghc-6.4.1-x86_64-unknown-linux.tar.bz2 contains broken symbolic links, and therefore ghc cannot be run:

# ls -l ghc-6.4.1/bin/x86_64-unknown-linux/
total 1344
lrwxrwxrwx  1 503 1001      9 Feb  9 13:30 ghc -> ghc-6.4.1
-rwxr-xr-x  1 503 1001    121 Sep 18 23:37 ghc-6.4.1.sh
lrwxrwxrwx  1 503 1001     10 Feb  9 13:30 ghci -> ghci-6.4.1
-rwxr-xr-x  1 503 1001    136 Sep 18 23:37 ghci-6.4.1.sh
lrwxrwxrwx  1 503 1001     13 Feb  9 13:30 ghc-pkg -> ghc-pkg-6.4.1
-rwxr-xr-x  1 503 1001    160 Sep 18 23:37 ghc-pkg-6.4.1.sh
-rwxr-xr-x  1 503 1001   7057 Sep 18 23:37 ghcprof.prl
-rwxr-xr-x  1 503 1001 437408 Sep 18 23:37 hasktags
-rwxr-xr-x  1 503 1001  34872 Sep 18 23:37 hp2ps
-rwxr-xr-x  1 503 1001    370 Sep 18 23:37 hsc2hs.sh
-rwxr-xr-x  1 503 1001 426504 Sep 18 23:37 runghc
-rwxr-xr-x  1 503 1001 426504 Sep 18 23:37 runhaskell
-rwxr-xr-x  1 503 1001   2651 Sep 18 23:37 stat2resid
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Version 6.4.1
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
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