The build is indeed using https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-2.2.3.tar.xz



> I don't run into that in my build of 2.2.3 on macosx.



You may have gnu-sed installed then.


On Jan 07, 2018, at 11:41 AM, Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com> wrote:


Builds from release tarball might not run into this,
as the tarball already includes the file that rule creates;
at any rate, I don't run into that in my build of 2.2.3 on macosx.