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diff --git a/guix/profiles.scm b/guix/profiles.scm
index 2742ba8933..44d7a314a3 100644
--- a/guix/profiles.scm
+++ b/guix/profiles.scm
@@ -414,7 +414,13 @@ INFO-DIR? is #f."
(return #f))))
(define inputs
(if info-dir
- (cons info-dir (manifest-inputs manifest))
+ ;; XXX: Here we use the tuple (INFO-DIR "out") just so that the list
+ ;; is unambiguous for the gexp code when MANIFEST has a single input
+ ;; denoted as a string (the pattern (DRV STRING) is normally
+ ;; interpreted in a gexp as "the STRING output of DRV".). See
+ ;; <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-12/msg00292.html>.
+ (cons (list info-dir "out")
+ (manifest-inputs manifest))
(manifest-inputs manifest)))
(define builder