Dear, Using this version of Guix:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- guix 403d9fa repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git branch: master commit: 403d9fae791bd22b4e2da5e90ad273755de26dc5 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- then running "guix package -i emacs" downloads all it needs. The network wire is then unplugged and running again "guix package -i emacs" works as expected, i.e., shows the message saying "nothing to be done". Considering it is an old bug, the initial reporter is not reachable and the bug is not reproducible, I am closing it. Please feel free to reopen it if you hit again this bug. All the best, simon