ghc 7.8: ghc-split not installed

These are the steps I run to build and install (to prepare for packaging):

./sync-all -r git://git.haskell.org get -b ghc-7.8
./boot
./configure --prefix=/usr
make -j 5
make DESTDIR=/path/to/prepackage/dir install

The build itself works fine, the installed binaries work for simple tests like compiling hello, world, starting ghci, etc. However, building mtl failed with

Configuring mtl-2.1.2...
Building mtl-2.1.2...
Preprocessing library mtl-2.1.2...
[ 1 of 21] Compiling Control.Monad.Writer.Class ( Control/Monad/Write/Class.hs, dist/build/Control/Monad/Writer/Class.o )
ghc: could not execute: /usr/lib/ghc-7.8.0.20140204/ghc-split

So it seems ghc-split isn't installed by make install. It also isn't included in the output of make binary-dist.

I've seen this on both x86 and x86_64.

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Trac field	Value
Version	7.8.1-rc1
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Build System
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