When I run: guix size util-linux | sort -n -k 3 I get: store item total self /gnu/store/a64w9dq219a8d9k4mfz76mnzph9wsvfj-zlib-1.2.8 61.3 0.4 0.4% /gnu/store/bm0gfw4jkw8gd0vpnnzrb6z0xncrbx3p-readline-7.0 45.3 1.3 1.4% /gnu/store/rvgmixpmsq5lqr9qflhkm70kg7a4rys2-bash-static-4.4.0 1.4 1.4 1.6% /gnu/store/qkw4zrwfybxww8f56nkb6hggxambk89b-bash-4.4.0 50.7 5.4 6.0% /gnu/store/hdrli1v7q3107w842s7di8rid82xlfvl-ncurses-6.0 44.0 5.7 6.3% /gnu/store/xydfiifs9slq0wv6n8j6p26icn2ihn88-ncurses-6.0 66.7 5.7 6.3% /gnu/store/8b5ffm91zlmm1k5i4kq5qix59v7jm9ln-util-linux-2.28.1 90.6 11.2 12.3% /gnu/store/cdi08kw7r6r684w8mk0xq0dkgpjhfpmd-gcc-4.9.4-lib 61.0 22.7 25.1% /gnu/store/iwgi9001dmmihrjg4rqhd6pa6788prjw-glibc-2.24 38.3 36.8 40.6% This seems odd to me: 1. Why does it depend on two different version of ncurses6.0 ? 2. Why does it depend on both bash-4.4.0 and bash-static-4.4 ? J' -- Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key.