(Note: this is on a private channel of me, but I think this is unrelated, it could happen with any Guix package). I updated a package-definition and forgot to update the Checksum. When then updating, it just fails, and the new, nice, logging-reduced UI doesn't tell: $ guix package -u guix-tools substitute: updating list of substitutes from 'https://berlin.guixsd.org'... 0 [..] building /gnu/store/vy3s1y7bv1w6d8gmp5b10xppy9skbgkd-guix-tools-0.1.0-2.4f17b79-checkout.drv... build of /gnu/store/vy3s1y7bv1w6d8gmp5b10xppy9skbgkd-guix-tools-0.1.0-2.4f17b79-checkout.drv failed View build log at '/var/log/guix/drvs/vy/3s1y7bv1w6d8gmp5b10xppy9skbgkd-guix-tools-0.1.0-2.4f17b79-checkout.drv.bz2'. -guix package: error: build failed: build of `/gnu/store/iwma3gq778n32mqz6y7277g67nvx1abb-guix-tools-0.1.0-2.4f17b79.drv' failed The log was not very helpful: Initialized empty Git repository in /gnu/store/s399g9f1k19v01rs992w5dl6aif87har- From https://gitlab.com/hoebjo/guix-tools * branch 4f17b792a3882f10ca9496b2d9aeb12b97ee93e2 -> FETCH_HEAD Note: checking out 'FETCH_HEAD'. You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout. If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example: git checkout -b HEAD is now at 4f17b79 gdev: Add more package to environment. environment variable `PATH' unset Only when I explicitly built it, the error was shown: $ guix build guix-tools HEAD is now at 4f17b79 gdev: Add more package to environment. environment variable `PATH' unset output path `/gnu/store/s399g9f1k19v01rs992w5dl6aif87har-guix-tools-0.1.0-2.4f17b79-checkout' should have r:sha256 hash `1j4q43hk7jrys7zsmws37g6w7babzshfdb1s5myl7qwr3mcx6hnf', instead has `0b61q29915b4i6adidx3zixnx3m0zp58rjbfa9byqcz13szznc52' build of /gnu/store/vy3s1y7bv1w6d8gmp5b10xppy9skbgkd-guix-tools-0.1.0-2.4f17b79-checkout.drv failed View build log at '/var/log/guix/drvs/vy/3s1y7bv1w6d8gmp5b10xppy9skbgkd-guix-tools-0.1.0-2.4f17b79-checkout.drv.bz2'. cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/iwma3gq778n32mqz6y7277g67nvx1abb-guix-tools-0.1.0-2.4f17b79.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built guix build: error: build failed: build of `/gnu/store/iwma3gq778n32mqz6y7277g67nvx1abb-guix-tools-0.1.0-2.4f17b79.drv' failed Is it intended that this build-failure detail is not shown? I suppose not. At least in a log it should be shown. Björn