Hi Ludo! guix build idris -n works for me too.
guix build idris --no-substitutes does this (which may be a problem on my end): guix build idris --no-substitutes warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument @ build-started /gnu/store/85rrbgf0y77s1qwk9lw04gcf44nhw213-libxslt-1.1.29.tar.gz.drv - x86_64-linux /var/log/guix/drvs/85//rrbgf0y77s1qwk9lw04gcf44nhw213-libxslt-1.1.29.tar.gz.drv.bz2 error: failed to run download program '/home/dvc/guix/nix/scripts/download': Permission denied builder for `/gnu/store/85rrbgf0y77s1qwk9lw04gcf44nhw213-libxslt-1.1.29.tar.gz.drv' failed with exit code 1 @ build-failed /gnu/store/85rrbgf0y77s1qwk9lw04gcf44nhw213-libxslt-1.1.29.tar.gz.drv - 1 builder for `/gnu/store/85rrbgf0y77s1qwk9lw04gcf44nhw213-libxslt-1.1.29.tar.gz.drv' failed with exit code 1 @ build-started /gnu/store/69ln3nw2m9ydkjk5c6z72rpjlsdypl0x-Python-3.5.2.tar.xz.drv - x86_64-linux /var/log/guix/drvs/69//ln3nw2m9ydkjk5c6z72rpjlsdypl0x-Python-3.5.2.tar.xz.drv.bz2 cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/ddn0hzpn8nc4rdy8hwns2hh49761wgqc-libxslt-1.1.29.tar.xz.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/y8q83qq1ggvm0z9p0g3a8lfzbghgcrfl-libxslt-1.1.29.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built guix build: error: build failed: build of `/gnu/store/y8q83qq1ggvm0z9p0g3a8lfzbghgcrfl-libxslt-1.1.29.drv' failed When I do git checkout 3254e1aba9ce3925a4e0b24c647240f96b5de8d4 (the last commit of the series that added idris) guix build idris works fine too. This is what lead me to believe that the problem was not on my end. Thanks! David