pkill9 <pkill9@runbox.com> writes:

> I built a source that uses git-fetch - by default (recursive? #f) - and
> the package failed to build, then I remembered it uses submodules, so I
> set (recursive? #t) but it failed with the same error. The problem is
> that the store path of the source is the same for both, so it didn't
> try to rebuild the git checkout with submodules checked out.
>
> After garbage collecting the source so it rebuilds it, I can build the
> package.

Could it be that you did not update the sha256 checksum of the package
after setting (recursive? #t), so Guix thought it already had the
complete checkout in the store?