Well, apparently it does not work with the `hello' package either.
These lines :
┌
│ guix install hello
│ guix archive --export -r hello > hello.nar
│ guix remove hello
│ guix package --delete-generations
│ guix gc
│ guix archive --import < ./hello.nar
│ guix package -i /gnu/store/81bdcd5x4v5
Hello Guix Help List,
I according to :
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-archive.html
It is expected that a `nar' archive is self contained.
--recursive
When combined with --export, this instructs guix archive to include
dependencies of
the given items in the archiv