Right now we get: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ guix build make --with-latest=make
Starting download of /tmp/guix-file.iV1Drd >From https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-4.4.tar.lz... following redirection to `https://mirror.cyberbits.eu/gnu/make/make-4.4.tar.lz'... following redirection to `https://rap.mirror.cyberbits.eu/gnu/make/make-4.4.tar.lz'... …4.tar.lz 1.2MiB 15.9MiB/s 00:00 [##################] 100.0% Starting download of /tmp/guix-file.e9zE8F >From https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-4.4.tar.lz.sig... following redirection to `https://mirror.cyberbits.eu/gnu/make/make-4.4.tar.lz.sig'... following redirection to `https://rap.mirror.cyberbits.eu/gnu/make/make-4.4.tar.lz.sig'... …tar.lz.sig 566B 438KiB/s 00:00 [##################] 100.0% gpgv: Signature made Mon 31 Oct 2022 07:49:17 AM CET gpgv: using RSA key B2508A90102F8AE3B12A0090DEACCAAEDB78137A gpgv: Good signature from "Paul D. Smith <p...@mad-scientist.net>" gpgv: aka "Paul D. Smith <psm...@gnu.org>" The following derivation will be built: /gnu/store/aajiqll3kmhmgzc9xvy91wwsjgndll4h-make-4.4.drv […] starting phase `unpack' tar (child): lzip: Cannot exec: No such file or directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now […] builder for `/gnu/store/9wi7i1wimwd4h6fz5hx8kc96x523j2s4-make-4.4-debug' failed previously (cached) build of /gnu/store/aajiqll3kmhmgzc9xvy91wwsjgndll4h-make-4.4.drv failed --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- This is because the <upstream-source> gexp compiler picks the first source that comes up, which happens to be tar.lz, rather than tar.gz, which would work. Ludo’.