severity: minor To reproduce: $ guix --version > guix (GNU Guix) f97e220b45aba1c10f155e760667df7ef4cae382 > [...] This is on a x86_64-linux-gnu, without transparant qemu emulation. $ guix build libtool --target=aarch64-linux-gnu > /gnu/store/yspdgc9wk8ap20729f6a7k0f640r6h7c-libtool-2.4.6 $ head -n 1 /gnu/store/yspdgc9wk8ap20729f6a7k0f640r6h7c-libtool-2.4.6/bin/libtool > #! /gnu/store/pwcp239kjf7lnj5i4lkdzcfcxwcfyk72-bash-minimal-5.0.16/bin/bash $ objdump -h /gnu/store/pwcp239kjf7lnj5i4lkdzcfcxwcfyk72-bash-minimal-5.0.16/bin/bash > /gnu/store/pwcp239kjf7lnj5i4lkdzcfcxwcfyk72-bash-minimal-5.0.16/bin/bash: \ > file format elf64-x86-64 > [...] It seems the "libtool" script refers to a native bash, instead of the cross bash, even though I used --target=aarch64-linux-gnu! What I expected: a libtool package that I could run in a aarch64 VM. Why? One possible use case, replacing "aarch64-linux-gnu" with "i586-pc-gnu": (cross-compiled) childhurd images that have a (cross-compiled) GCC, binutils, autoconf, automake, make, ... in the system profile, ready for Hurd hacking. There are also some other problems when using libtool in as a cross-compiler, but unless you're using libtool in a Canadian cross, these are separate issues, so I'll leave those for a separate bug report. Greetings, Maxime.