genprimopcode: parse error

Building git HEAD on powerpc-linux I get:

"inplace/bin/genprimopcode" --data-decl  < compiler/stage1/build/primops.txt 
               > compiler/stage1/build/primop-data-decl.hs-incl
genprimopcode: parse error at "Parse error at line 42, column 8"

If I look at line 42 of compiler/stage1/build/primops.txt I see:

-- SCALAR_TYPE is the scalar type used to inject to/project from
 vector

The word "vector" from the comment got wrapped onto the next line for no good reason.

I've checked the file compiler/prelude/primops.txt.pp which is processed to generate the file I'm having problems with and that file is fine.

I've cloned a new copy of the repo and done the usual perl boot && ./configure && make only to see exactly the same result.

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Trac field	Value
Version	7.9
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Compiler
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