This looks rather similar to 39954@debbugs.gnu.org, looking at the backtrace from GDB, maybe the cause is the same? Thread 1 "guile" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00007ffff7f40f3f in scm_is_values (x=) at values.h:30 30 return SCM_HAS_TYP7 (x, scm_tc7_values); (gdb) bt #0 0x00007ffff7f40f3f in scm_is_values (x=) at values.h:30 #1 vm_debug_engine (thread=0x7ffff744cd80) at vm-engine.c:974 #2 0x00007ffff7f45c2d in scm_call_n (proc=0x7ffff49612a0, argv=argv@entry=0x7fffffffc080, nargs=nargs@entry=4) at vm.c:1608 #3 0x00007ffff7ec1234 in scm_call_4 (proc=, arg1=arg1@entry=0x7ffff35162d0, arg2=arg2@entry=0x7ffff5ad4600, arg3=arg3@entry=0x7ffff495a0b0, arg4=arg4@entry=0x52) at eval.c:517 #4 0x00007ffff7eb3815 in display_backtrace_body (a=) at backtrace.c:239 #5 0x00007ffff7ec29ea in scm_c_with_exception_handler (type=type@entry=0x404, handler=handler@entry=0x7ffff7f3aed0 , handler_data=handler_data@entry=0x7fffffffc230, thunk=thunk@entry=0x7ffff7f3b010 , thunk_data=thunk_data@entry=0x7fffffffc230) at exceptions.c:170 #6 0x00007ffff7f3b20d in scm_c_catch (tag=tag@entry=0x404, body=body@entry=0x7ffff7eb36f0 , body_data=body_data@entry=0x7fffffffc2a0, handler=handler@entry=0x7ffff7eb3b20 , handler_data=handler_data@entry=0x7ffff5ad4600, pre_unwind_handler=pre_unwind_handler@entry=0x0, pre_unwind_handler_data=0x0) at throw.c:168 #7 0x00007ffff7f3b22e in scm_internal_catch (tag=tag@entry=0x404, body=body@entry=0x7ffff7eb36f0 , body_data=body_data@entry=0x7fffffffc2a0, handler=handler@entry=0x7ffff7eb3b20 , handler_data=handler_data@entry=0x7ffff5ad4600) at throw.c:177 #8 0x00007ffff7eb36e5 in scm_display_backtrace_with_highlights (stack=stack@entry=0x7ffff38604a0, port=port@entry=0x7ffff5ad4600, first=first@entry=0x4, depth=depth@entry=0x4, highlights=highlights@entry=0x304) at backtrace.c:277 #9 0x00007ffff7eb3970 in scm_backtrace_with_highlights (highlights=0x304) at backtrace.c:310 #10 0x00007ffff7f40f3b in vm_debug_engine (thread=0x7ffff744cd80) at vm-engine.c:972 #11 0x00007ffff7f45c2d in scm_call_n (proc=0x7ffff5a2e030, argv=argv@entry=0x7fffffffc498, nargs=nargs@entry=1) at vm.c:1608 #12 0x00007ffff7ec2337 in scm_primitive_eval (exp=, exp@entry=0x7ffff5ba1a40) at eval.c:671 #13 0x00007ffff7ec2393 in scm_eval (exp=0x7ffff5ba1a40, module_or_state=module_or_state@entry=0x7ffff5b93c80) at eval.c:705 #14 0x00007ffff7f1b780 in scm_shell (argc=4, argv=0x7fffffffcb08) at script.c:357 #15 0x00007ffff7edb1bd in invoke_main_func (body_data=0x7fffffffc9a0) at init.c:313 #16 0x00007ffff7ebc06a in c_body (d=0x7fffffffc8e0) at continuations.c:430 #17 0x00007ffff7f447d8 in vm_regular_engine (thread=0x7ffff744cd80) at vm-engine.c:972 #18 0x00007ffff7f45c2d in scm_call_n (proc=0x7ffff5b088a0, argv=argv@entry=0x7fffffffc6a0, nargs=nargs@entry=2) at vm.c:1608 #19 0x00007ffff7ec11da in scm_call_2 (proc=, arg1=, arg2=) at eval.c:503 #20 0x00007ffff7ec29ea in scm_c_with_exception_handler (type=type@entry=0x404, handler=handler@entry=0x7ffff7f3aed0 , handler_data=handler_data@entry=0x7fffffffc810, thunk=thunk@entry=0x7ffff7f3b010 , thunk_data=thunk_data@entry=0x7fffffffc810) at exceptions.c:170 #21 0x00007ffff7f3b20d in scm_c_catch (tag=tag@entry=0x404, body=body@entry=0x7ffff7ebc060 , body_data=body_data@entry=0x7fffffffc8e0, handler=handler@entry=0x7ffff7ebc300 , handler_data=handler_data@entry=0x7fffffffc8e0, pre_unwind_handler=pre_unwind_handler@entry=0x7ffff7ebc160 , pre_unwind_handler_data=0x7ffff5ad45c0) at throw.c:168 #22 0x00007ffff7ebc603 in scm_i_with_continuation_barrier (body=body@entry=0x7ffff7ebc060 , body_data=body_data@entry=0x7fffffffc8e0, handler=handler@entry=0x7ffff7ebc300 , handler_data=handler_data@entry=0x7fffffffc8e0, pre_unwind_handler=pre_unwind_handler@entry=0x7ffff7ebc160 , --Type for more, q to quit, c to continue without paging--c pre_unwind_handler_data=0x7ffff5ad45c0) at continuations.c:368 #23 0x00007ffff7ebc695 in scm_c_with_continuation_barrier (func=, data=) at continuations.c:464 #24 0x00007ffff7f39c9f in with_guile (base=0x7fffffffc948, data=0x7fffffffc970) at threads.c:645 #25 0x00007ffff7e16b48 in GC_call_with_stack_base () from /gnu/store/f6kngpp27585xh4564y9rvshqn8hph8v-libgc-8.0.4/lib/libgc.so.1 #26 0x00007ffff7f39fc8 in scm_i_with_guile (dynamic_state=, data=data@entry=0x7fffffffc970, func=func@entry=0x7ffff7edb1a0 ) at threads.c:688 #27 scm_with_guile (func=func@entry=0x7ffff7edb1a0 , data=data@entry=0x7fffffffc9a0) at threads.c:694 #28 0x00007ffff7edb332 in scm_boot_guile (argc=argc@entry=4, argv=argv@entry=0x7fffffffcb08, main_func=main_func@entry=0x401230 , closure=closure@entry=0x0) at init.c:296 #29 0x00000000004010f6 in main (argc=4, argv=0x7fffffffcb08) at guile.c:94