On core-updates, from 6671ce93 (gnu: ath9k-htc-firmware: Update binutils patch for binutils 2.27), I can't build gtk+@3.20 because the daemon finds a cycle in the references:
------ starting phase `validate-runpath' validating RUNPATH of 17 binaries in "/gnu/store/dsnckvh133ndivnnbspg2yziqmlg1c4p-gtk+-3.20.9/lib"... validating RUNPATH of 10 binaries in "/gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin/bin"... phase `validate-runpath' succeeded after 0.2 seconds starting phase `validate-documentation-location' phase `validate-documentation-location' succeeded after 0.0 seconds starting phase `delete-info-dir-file' phase `delete-info-dir-file' succeeded after 0.0 seconds starting phase `patch-dot-desktop-files' adjusting 3 '.desktop' files in "/gnu/store/dsnckvh133ndivnnbspg2yziqmlg1c4p-gtk+-3.20.9/share/applications" phase `patch-dot-desktop-files' succeeded after 0.0 seconds starting phase `compress-documentation' compressing documentation in '/gnu/store/dsnckvh133ndivnnbspg2yziqmlg1c4p-gtk+-3.20.9/share/man' with "gzip" and flags ("--best" "--no-name") phase `compress-documentation' succeeded after 0.0 seconds cycle detected in the references of `/gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin' cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/8mpv03c557g56q1vmym53pm0apxj6p30-gtk-icon-themes.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/wd7lz1x2jqfj1z46872fc2lh5ga13gzx-profile.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built killing process 31697 cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/0id6isvf9ljkgx7kf58w5mnhwh805apl-system.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built guix system: error: build failed: build of `/gnu/store/0id6isvf9ljkgx7kf58w5mnhwh805apl-system.drv' failed ------ And here are the references. I didn't check if there were any in the doc output since I didn't see it in the build log. ------ $ grep -r dsnckvh133ndivnnbspg2yziqmlg1c4p /gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin Binary file /gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin/bin/gtk-query-immodules-3.0 matches Binary file /gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin/bin/gtk3-demo-application matches Binary file /gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin/bin/gtk-builder-tool matches Binary file /gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin/bin/gtk-query-settings matches Binary file /gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin/bin/gtk3-icon-browser matches Binary file /gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache matches Binary file /gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin/bin/gtk3-widget-factory matches Binary file /gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin/bin/gtk3-demo matches Binary file /gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin/bin/gtk-launch matches Binary file /gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin/bin/gtk-encode-symbolic-svg matches $ grep -r 28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0 /gnu/store/dsnckvh133ndivnnbspg2yziqmlg1c4p-gtk+-3.20.9 /gnu/store/dsnckvh133ndivnnbspg2yziqmlg1c4p-gtk+-3.20.9/share/applications/gtk3-demo.desktop:Exec=/gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin/bin/gtk3-demo /gnu/store/dsnckvh133ndivnnbspg2yziqmlg1c4p-gtk+-3.20.9/share/applications/gtk3-widget-factory.desktop:Exec=/gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin/bin/gtk3-widget-factory /gnu/store/dsnckvh133ndivnnbspg2yziqmlg1c4p-gtk+-3.20.9/share/applications/gtk3-icon-browser.desktop:Exec=/gnu/store/28mzpkx23h4cnrhc2ijkp46hiiz06na0-gtk+-3.20.9-bin/bin/gtk3-icon-browser ------ It works if I remove the 'bin' output from gtk+@3.