diff --git a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
index f94f8fc919..e74491a827 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -31,15 +31,14 @@
 (define-public guix
   (package
     (name "guix")
-    (version "0.5")
+    (version "0.6")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-"
                                  version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "15azhc3lb1m64545q8cs8dzcgjbd2wjxhl6nw0rq6lnvrxz2wjmv"))
-             (patches (list (search-patch "guix-test-networking.patch")))))
+               "01xw51wizhsk827w4xp79k2b6dxjaviw04r6rbrb85qdxnwg6k9n"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags (list
diff --git a/gnu/services/dmd.scm b/gnu/services/dmd.scm
index 21719118eb..48e8d5534f 100644
--- a/gnu/services/dmd.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/dmd.scm
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ ETC (the name of a directory in the store) on startup."
                               (not (member file '("." ".."))))))
 
          ;; Prevent ETC from being GC'd.
-         (rm-f "/var/nix/gcroots/etc-directory")
-         (symlink ,etc "/var/nix/gcroots/etc-directory"))
+         (rm-f "/var/guix/gcroots/etc-directory")
+         (symlink ,etc "/var/guix/gcroots/etc-directory"))
 
        (format #t "starting services...~%")
        (for-each start ',(append-map service-provision services))))
diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index ba4c7607c9..f98a8a70e3 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ basic contents of the root file system of OS."
           ;; XXX: Deal with automatically allocated ids.
           (uid  (or (user-account-uid user) 0))
           (gid  (or (user-account-gid user) 0))
-          (root (string-append "/var/nix/profiles/per-user/"
+          (root (string-append "/var/guix/profiles/per-user/"
                                (user-account-name user))))
       `((directory ,root ,uid ,gid)
         (directory ,home ,uid ,gid))))
@@ -462,14 +462,14 @@ basic contents of the root file system of OS."
               (directory "/etc")
               (directory "/var/log")                     ; for dmd
               (directory "/var/run/nscd")
-              (directory "/var/nix/gcroots")
-              ("/var/nix/gcroots/system" -> ,os-dir)
+              (directory "/var/guix/gcroots")
+              ("/var/guix/gcroots/system" -> ,os-dir)
               (directory "/run")
               ("/run/current-system" -> ,profile)
               (directory "/bin")
               ("/bin/sh" -> "/run/current-system/bin/bash")
               (directory "/tmp")
-              (directory "/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root" 0 0)
+              (directory "/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root" 0 0)
 
               (directory "/root" 0 0)             ; an exception
               ,@(append-map user-directories