Here's an obvious check that I should have included in my last message:
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mhw@jojen ~$ guix gc --referrers
/gnu/store/a4r6q1fbfqapy5hrrxap1yg96rjgln6q-ibus-1.5.22
/gnu/store/a4r6q1fbfqapy5hrrxap1yg96rjgln6q-ibus-1.5.22
mhw@jojen ~$
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This is the 'ibus' that I last built in December 2020, and which is
somehow, mysteriously, being used for the subprocesses of 'ibus-daemon'.
Mark
