It turns out that coreutils is already an implicit input in the build environment so I removed it from the inputs.o (ins)efraim@3900XT ~/workspace/guix$ grep '/bin/echo' /gnu/store/q0bvlalzwm1iwdqgmyksxxcm06fhr1l2-global-6.6.5/bin/globash # Use /gnu/store/57xj5gcy1jbl9ai2lnrqnpr0dald9i65-coreutils-8.32/bin/echo, because in some systems, built-in echo of /bin/sh ECHO='/gnu/store/57xj5gcy1jbl9ai2lnrqnpr0dald9i65-coreutils-8.32/bin/echo' Thanks! Patch pushed. -- Efraim Flashner אפרים פלשנר GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted