branch core-updates updated (3f7efaa -> 71ec85b)

[guix-commits]

mbakke pushed a change to branch core-updates
in repository guix.

    from 3f7efaa  gnu: binutils: Update binutils patch for mingw.
     new 81d0ac2  gnu: pcre: Update to 8.45.
     new fff2e2d  gnu: pcre2: Update to 10.37.
     new fe6ef67  gnu: readline: Update to 8.1.1.
     new f94a0ce  gnu: gdbm: Update to 1.20.
     new b51bb5b  gnu: gsl: Update to 2.7.
     new b99f995  gnu: glib: Remove unused input.
     new c5dfe63  gnu: gamin: Remove unused input.
     new f5f2888  gnu: gnome-backgrounds: Remove unused input.
     new 661d212  gnu: gsettings-desktop-schemas: Remove unused input.
     new 5086a28  gnu: glib-networking: Remove unused input.
     new 6520aea  gnu: Python: Update to 3.9.6.
     new 790a8a8  gnu: Python: Remove trailing #t's.
     new b8a1b69  gnu: glibc: Remove obsolete patch.
     new 053677b  gnu: commencement: Decouple python-boot0 from python.
     new 2c6464e  gnu: tzdata-for-tests: Update to 2021a.
     new c5ba472  gnu: RHash: Turn arguments into gexp.
     new 9cdb32f  gnu: RHash: Update to 1.4.2.
     new b4553b7  gnu: Perl: Update to 5.34.0.
     new 2a592d4  gnu: Perl: Update cross-compilation code.
     new d672c57  gnu: coreutils-minimal: Do not build documentation.
     new 9840ec8  gnu: Perl: Resolve TODO.
     new 21e75f5  build-system/cmake: Define '%build-inputs' when 
cross-compiling.
     new b373d17  gnu: nghttp2: Update to 1.44.0.
     new 11c2000  gnu: libuv: Update to 1.41.1.
     new 17747d1  gnu: ncurses: Update to 6.2.20210619.
     new 5d435b2  gnu: acl: Update to 2.3.1.
     new e045fd7  gnu: attr: Update to 2.5.1.
     new 2fa2644  gnu: binutils: Update to 2.37.
     new 07e9bd7  gnu: fontconfig: Update to 2.13.94.
     new 6b5b09f  gnu: libspectre: Update to 0.2.9.
     new 2ebd7ac  gnu: harfbuzz: Update to 2.8.2.
     new 7bb024a  gnu: pango: Update to 1.48.7.
     new 20e6b1d  gnu: util-linux: Update to 2.37.
     new 8ae4ea0  gnu: poppler: Update to 21.07.0.
     new 4b95754  gnu: sqlite: Update to 3.36.0.
     new 11fb5f4  gnu: libtiff: Update to 4.3.0.
     new abe5ffb  gnu: libxml2: Update to 2.9.12.
     new 39c2b88  gnu: libgcrypt: Update to 1.8.8.
     new 0e84df5  gnu: libksba: Update to 1.6.0.
     new 8e0927f  gnu: libcap: Update to 2.51.
     new 9141483  gnu: perl-test-needs: Update to 0.002009.
     new 8561fdc  gnu: graphviz: Turn arguments into a gexp.
     new b389d1b  gnu: graphviz: Don't hard code Guile version.
     new 09b0026  gnu: graphviz: Update to 2.48.0.
     new ea562ab  gnu: Python: Do not embed timestamps in wheel files.
     new 7c2c698  gnu: Python: Fix bytecode compilation.
     new 65c5efd  gnu: Python: Delete existing compiled files before compiling 
bytecode.
     new 79c2812  gnu: Python: Compile bytecode in all outputs.
     new 71ec85b  gnu: Python: Disable indeterministic optimizations.

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Summary of changes:
 gnu/local.mk                                       |   6 +-
 gnu/packages/acl.scm                               |   4 +-
 gnu/packages/attr.scm                              |   7 +-
 gnu/packages/base.scm                              |  15 +-
 gnu/packages/commencement.scm                      |  76 +++----
 gnu/packages/crypto.scm                            |  67 +++---
 gnu/packages/dbm.scm                               |   4 +-
 gnu/packages/fontutils.scm                         |   7 +-
 gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm                       |  11 +-
 gnu/packages/glib.scm                              |   1 -
 gnu/packages/gnome.scm                             |   9 +-
 gnu/packages/gnupg.scm                             |   8 +-
 gnu/packages/graphviz.scm                          |  62 +++---
 gnu/packages/gtk.scm                               |   8 +-
 gnu/packages/image.scm                             |   4 +-
 gnu/packages/libevent.scm                          |   4 +-
 gnu/packages/linux.scm                             |   8 +-
 gnu/packages/maths.scm                             |  10 +-
 gnu/packages/ncurses.scm                           |  47 +++--
 .../binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch        |  36 ----
 .../patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch     |  14 +-
 gnu/packages/patches/libxml2-parent-pointers.patch | 228 +++++++++++++++++++++
 .../patches/libxml2-terminating-newline.patch      |  33 +++
 .../patches/libxml2-xpath-recursion-limit.patch    |  20 ++
 gnu/packages/patches/perl-cross.patch              |  60 ------
 .../patches/python-libxml2-python39-compat.patch   |  94 ---------
 gnu/packages/pcre.scm                              |  22 +-
 gnu/packages/pdf.scm                               |   4 +-
 gnu/packages/perl-check.scm                        |   4 +-
 gnu/packages/perl.scm                              |  79 +++----
 gnu/packages/python.scm                            | 147 ++++++-------
 gnu/packages/readline.scm                          |   4 +-
 gnu/packages/sqlite.scm                            |   4 +-
 gnu/packages/web.scm                               |   4 +-
 gnu/packages/xml.scm                               |  25 ++-
 guix/build-system/cmake.scm                        |   3 +
 36 files changed, 617 insertions(+), 522 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch
 create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/libxml2-parent-pointers.patch
 create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/libxml2-terminating-newline.patch
 create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/libxml2-xpath-recursion-limit.patch
 delete mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/perl-cross.patch
 delete mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/python-libxml2-python39-compat.patch