Hello Guix! Here’s what I get on my freshly booted system:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ sudo herd eval root %load-path Evaluating user expression %load-path. ("/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/8a49xjf71dxzj2j4vqh4gw840xv1shxg-module-import" "/gnu/store/8a49xjf71dxzj2j4vqh4gw840xv1shxg-module-import" "/gnu/store/8a49xjf71dxzj2j4vqh4gw840xv1shxg-module-import" "/gnu/store/8a49xjf71dxzj2j4vqh4gw840xv1shxg-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/8a49xjf71dxzj2j4vqh4gw840xv1shxg-module-import" "/gnu/store/8a49xjf71dxzj2j4vqh4gw840xv1shxg-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/2dqkjgfd15yf3s62g001xkxgycadh7fm-module-import" "/gnu/store/2dqkjgfd15yf3s62g001xkxgycadh7fm-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/ldzgghnf4gm3y4367sknlig3wz3gvg7a-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/jrfjb1rd5jxi8fnz1ycsi55r4i7mpwr6-module-import" "/gnu/store/f4w6qzgsnxsm2cq8mn8fwnj5d5lirkad-shepherd-0.6.1/share/guile/site/2.2" "/gnu/store/1mkkv2caiqbdbbd256c4dirfi4kwsacv-guile-2.2.6/share/guile/2.2" "/gnu/store/1mkkv2caiqbdbbd256c4dirfi4kwsacv-guile-2.2.6/share/guile/site/2.2" "/gnu/store/1mkkv2caiqbdbbd256c4dirfi4kwsacv-guile-2.2.6/share/guile/site" "/gnu/store/1mkkv2caiqbdbbd256c4dirfi4kwsacv-guile-2.2.6/share/guile") $ sudo herd eval root '(length %load-path)' Evaluating user expression (length %load-path). 119 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- As you can see, this is not great. This comes from the load-path expression in shepherd-*.scm: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (eval-when (expand load eval) (set! %load-path (cons "/gnu/store/8a49xjf71dxzj2j4vqh4gw840xv1shxg-module-import" (append (map (lambda (extension) (string-append extension "/share/guile/site/" (effective-version))) (quote ())) %load-path))) (set! %load-compiled-path (cons "/gnu/store/lfj61bg7bb0aypqwj47j2dqnwc9bvpiw-module-import-compiled" (append (map (lambda (extension) (string-append extension "/lib/guile/" (effective-version) "/site-ccache")) (quote ())) %load-compiled-path)))) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Problem is that every time you reconfigure, the load path grows. Seen on an important machine (ahem…): --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- # herd eval root '(length %load-path)' Evaluating user expression (length %load-path). 2508 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Ludo’.