On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 12:53:50AM -0400, Ethan Stefan Day wrote:
> I just tried to upgrade my GuixSD x86_64 system and it failed saying:
> 
> grafting '/gnu/store/z7qr06vxqkqr983sarh50d4p8m45b51z-icedtea-3.1.0-doc'
> -> '/gnu/store/0minmdl1fgh96xakpgp73mwh4qcjvvs4-icedtea-3.1.0-doc'...
> grafting '/gnu/store/3ldp9zinsnzr9jmacrjk1j4y39cydrpf-icedtea-3.1.0-jdk'
> -> '/gnu/store/gfj39lzp301pf2ny51c5lz48mykaf07r-icedtea-3.1.0-jdk'...
> grafting '/gnu/store/c23hqrmzsd4k9a13nyrmvmimqf5pfjbn-icedtea-3.1.0' ->
> '/gnu/store/g5bn1xbaqs4h30x4n0ggrhabh11winwf-icedtea-3.1.0'...
> suspicious ownership or permission on
> `/gnu/store/0minmdl1fgh96xakpgp73mwh4qcjvvs4-icedtea-3.1.0-doc';
> rejecting this build output
> cannot build derivation
> `/gnu/store/m2p785lr8m6j4qzkrly05w1nxxiavkjx-profile.drv': 1
> dependencies couldn't be built

It looks like bug 23452:

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=23452#13

> I updated icedtea successfully using the --no-grafts option.  Is this
> the sort of thing I should bring up or just ignore?

Try doing the operation again. The bug does not manifest
deterministically, so everything usually works the second time.

Please, don't use --no-grafts. You will not receive any security updates
that we've grafted onto core packages.

For more information, read section 7.4 Security Updates of the manual:

https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Security-Updates.html#Security-Updates