> On Monday, May 25, 2020, 09:03:44 AM GMT+1, Pierre Neidhardt 
> <m...@ambrevar.xyz> wrote:

> The symlinking operations should be atomic, thus this can not happen.
> I suspect that your error is due to calling `sudo guix pull`.

> Cheers!

Another question; what is the purpose of the *.lock files in the symlink 
directories exactly, and how are they used?
I guess it has something to do with atomic transactions, but the .lock files 
appear to be untouched after several updates as the modification times are 
unchanged. 

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