Package: guix Version: 0.10.0 I'm not totally sure about this, but my assertion is that the list of substitutes should not be updated if --no-substitutes is present on the command line. However, guix version 0.10.0 fails my assertion. Example output: $ guix package --dry-run --no-substitutes -i st warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument substitute: warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument substitute: updating list of substitutes from 'http://hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0% The following package would be installed: st 0.6 /gnu/store/fsnk8lc7j1w20id5hfssmd8cv9z8g1na-st-0.6 The following derivations would be built: /gnu/store/59560f3snqnxgn991kq9wlsap6yp2p0q-profile.drv /gnu/store/hnnc1n5z6f4qv6q0i04fny1725g633b5-info-dir.drv /gnu/store/f0nlagyzpyhykhn752gv5jv71fm74msx-ca-certificate-bundle.drv /gnu/store/lc6wxgz6m521zamdjb0kmd86rhn3l0jh-liberation-fonts-ttf-2.00.1.tar.gz.drv /gnu/store/lh56wp7v0w6xbga9rc19fp236ii1jjlf-libXfixes-5.0.1.tar.bz2.drv /gnu/store/iqi33bhmydkjk47ib4hykp9hx5dgv91x-libXcomposite-0.4.4.tar.bz2.drv /gnu/store/1d5zjlry87gcmbmwqj69jjkpfmr1kyin-compositeproto-0.4.2.drv /gnu/store/50mqcf0nhmyp6l94iy7yif1wzw0mbx1s-fixesproto-5.0.drv /gnu/store/6alkhqglqns5a8y4zk750bdbn6gwyk6p-st-0.6.tar.gz.drv /gnu/store/a80b8rqkagg7qwnhpy75vnam3pvh8x1r-libxcomposite-0.4.4.drv /gnu/store/cj2yqxm365qbx6kww46913i7s27jyhaf-libxfixes-5.0.1.drv /gnu/store/sz9n1mx93c5s7mvz90my8072xq68xa43-font-liberation-2.00.1.drv /gnu/store/1jlmi4y2yszzdpjsw3qcbq9073ma938k-st-0.6.drv /gnu/store/2l5l3vx61i287c4sq1ds4g68r2dsmzaa-st-0.6.drv $ guix --version warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument guix (GNU Guix) 0.10.0 Copyright (C) 2016 the Guix authors License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Note the line which contains "substitute: updating list of substitutes [...]". Guix 0.10.0 is the version I get when I run `guix package -i guix`. Thanks, Troy