You have 2.2.4. It was added in 2.2.5. From the NEWS file: Changes in 2.2.5 (since 2.2.4): .... ** New 'get-bytevector-some!' I/O primitive. -Dale -----------------------------------------From: "Roel Janssen" To: 44371@debbugs.gnu.org Cc: Sent: Sunday November 1 2020 9:42:07AM Subject: bug#44371: Missing 'get-bytevector-some!' in Guile 2.2 Dear Guix, I installed guile-2.2 on Debian 10.6 and I seem to missing the "get- bytevector-some!" procedure from "(ice-9 binary-ports)": ---------- # guile GNU Guile 2.2.4 Copyright (C) 1995-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Guile comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `,show w'. This program is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `,show c' for details. Enter `,help' for help. scheme@(guile-user)> ,use (ice-9 binary-ports) scheme@(guile-user)> get-bytevector-some! ;;; : warning: possibly unbound variable `get- bytevector-some!' ERROR: In procedure module-lookup: Unbound variable: get-bytevector- some! Entering a new prompt. Type `,bt' for a backtrace or `,q' to continue. scheme@(guile-user) [1]> ,q scheme@(guile-user)> get-bytevector-some $1 = # ---------- Kind regards, Roel Janssen