Currently, installing software fails for me, be it updates or new installations. For instance, guix package -u mplayer from latest git fails with
Backtrace: In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 157: 14 [catch #t #<catch-closure 15b75c0> ...] In unknown file: ?: 13 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 15b75c0>] In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 63: 12 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...] In ice-9/eval.scm: 432: 11 [eval # #] In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 2401: 10 [save-module-excursion #<procedure 15d4800 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>] 4050: 9 [#<procedure 15d4800 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>] 1724: 8 [%start-stack load-stack ...] 1729: 7 [#<procedure 15ea9c0 ()>] In unknown file: ?: 6 [primitive-load "/gnu/store/0ssz8rgy8z3jfq071k0vvns1kla4chjp-profile-builder"] In ice-9/eval.scm: 432: 5 [eval # ()] In /gnu/store/br1sapf2c4hz90v2nvhi0rkxanrk86yk-module-import/guix/build/union.scm: 134: 4 [union-of-directories "/gnu/store/yphxri93bx6mmhqpz9c4yxvp2yyyzn1x-profile" ...] In srfi/srfi-1.scm: 619: 3 [for-each #<procedure 18d2d60 at /gnu/store/br1sapf2c4hz90v2nvhi0rkxanrk86yk-module-import/guix/build/union.scm:134:16 (dir)> ...] In /gnu/store/br1sapf2c4hz90v2nvhi0rkxanrk86yk-module-import/guix/build/union.scm: 136: 2 [#<procedure 18d2d60 at /gnu/store/br1sapf2c4hz90v2nvhi0rkxanrk86yk-module-import/guix/build/union.scm:134:16 (dir)> #] 37: 1 [files-in-directory #] In unknown file: ?: 0 [opendir ("m4" "/gnu/store/3a66h65pj9rfmgh38wngas7qjagbl39s-m4-1.4.17")] ERROR: In procedure opendir: ERROR: Wrong type (expecting string): ("m4" "/gnu/store/3a66h65pj9rfmgh38wngas7qjagbl39s-m4-1.4.17") builder for `/gnu/store/p9jq9v14yhzzbahwambkxhnjsyx5py2v-profile.drv' failed with exit code 1 guix package: error: build failed: build of `/gnu/store/p9jq9v14yhzzbahwambkxhnjsyx5py2v-profile.drv' failed I suppose nobody else has experienced this? Do you have an idea what could be going wrong? After the failure of the operation, the directory /gnu/store/yphxri93bx6mmhqpz9c4yxvp2yyyzn1x-profile exists and is empty. Andreas