gnu: python-2: Update to 2.7.10.

* gnu/packages/patches/python2-sqlite-3.8.4-test-fix.patch,
  gnu/packages/patches/python-libffi-mips-n32-fix.patch: Remove files.
* gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Remove them.
* gnu/packages/python.scm (python-2): Update to 2.7.10.  Remove patches.
  Update comment showing test failures.

4 files changed, 42 insertions, 84 deletions

diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 372edc1166..1946ee2a65 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -595,9 +595,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/pyqt-configure.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/python-disable-ssl-test.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/python-fix-tests.patch			\
-  gnu/packages/patches/python-libffi-mips-n32-fix.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/python2-rdflib-drop-sparqlwrapper.patch	\
-  gnu/packages/patches/python2-sqlite-3.8.4-test-fix.patch	\
   gnu/packages/patches/python2-pygobject-2-gi-info-type-error-domain.patch \
   gnu/packages/patches/qemu-CVE-2015-3209.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/qemu-CVE-2015-3456.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/python-libffi-mips-n32-fix.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/python-libffi-mips-n32-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 393883779d..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/python-libffi-mips-n32-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-Fix handling of uint32_t arguments on the MIPS N32 ABI.
-
-Patch by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>.
-
---- Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/mips/ffi.c.orig	2013-03-16 07:19:39.000000000 -0400
-+++ Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/mips/ffi.c	2013-10-22 01:11:03.111985247 -0400
-@@ -170,7 +170,14 @@
- 		break;
- 		  
- 	      case FFI_TYPE_UINT32:
-+#ifdef FFI_MIPS_N32
-+		/* The N32 ABI requires that 32-bit integers
-+		   be sign-extended to 64-bits, regardless of
-+		   whether they are signed or unsigned. */
-+		*(ffi_arg *)argp = *(SINT32 *)(* p_argv);
-+#else
- 		*(ffi_arg *)argp = *(UINT32 *)(* p_argv);
-+#endif
- 		break;
- 
- 	      /* This can only happen with 64bit slots.  */
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/python2-sqlite-3.8.4-test-fix.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/python2-sqlite-3.8.4-test-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f121e8852a..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/python2-sqlite-3.8.4-test-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-From resolution of upstream python issue #20901: http://bugs.python.org/issue20901
-
-diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/test/hooks.py b/Lib/sqlite3/test/hooks.py
---- Lib/sqlite3/test/hooks.py
-+++ Lib/sqlite3/test/hooks.py
-@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class ProgressTests(unittest.TestCase):
-             create table bar (a, b)
-             """)
-         second_count = len(progress_calls)
--        self.assertTrue(first_count > second_count)
-+        self.assertGreaterEqual(first_count, second_count)
- 
-     def CheckCancelOperation(self):
-         """
-
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 4c133164e5..92e27683b6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -74,62 +74,58 @@
 (define-public python-2
   (package
     (name "python")
-    (version "2.7.6")
+    (version "2.7.10")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/"
                           version "/Python-" version ".tar.xz"))
-      (patches (list (search-patch "python-libffi-mips-n32-fix.patch")
-                     (search-patch "python2-sqlite-3.8.4-test-fix.patch")))
-      (patch-flags '("-p0"))
       (sha256
        (base32
-        "18gnpyh071dxa0rv3silrz92jw9qpblswzwv4gzqcwxzz20qxmhz"))))
+        "1h7zbrf9pkj29hlm18b10548ch9757f75m64l47sy75rh43p7lqw"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:tests? #f
-;;       258 tests OK.
-;;       103 tests failed:
-;;          test_bz2 test_distutils test_file test_file2k test_popen2
-;;          test_shutil test_signal test_site test_slice test_smtplib
-;;          test_smtpnet test_socket test_socketserver test_softspace
-;;          test_sort test_sqlite test_ssl test_startfile test_str
-;;          test_strftime test_string test_stringprep test_strop test_strptime
-;;          test_strtod test_struct test_structmembers test_structseq
-;;          test_subprocess test_sunaudiodev test_sundry test_symtable
-;;          test_syntax test_sys test_sys_setprofile test_sys_settrace
-;;          test_sysconfig test_tarfile test_tcl test_telnetlib test_tempfile
-;;          test_textwrap test_thread test_threaded_import
-;;          test_threadedtempfile test_threading test_threading_local
-;;          test_threadsignals test_time test_timeout test_tk test_tokenize
-;;          test_tools test_trace test_traceback test_transformer
-;;          test_ttk_guionly test_ttk_textonly test_tuple test_typechecks
-;;          test_ucn test_unary test_undocumented_details test_unicode
-;;          test_unicode_file test_unicodedata test_univnewlines
-;;          test_univnewlines2k test_unpack test_urllib test_urllib2
-;;          test_urllib2_localnet test_urllib2net test_urllibnet test_urlparse
-;;          test_userdict test_userlist test_userstring test_uu test_uuid
-;;          test_wait3 test_wait4 test_warnings test_wave test_weakref
-;;          test_weakset test_whichdb test_winreg test_winsound test_with
-;;          test_wsgiref test_xdrlib test_xml_etree test_xml_etree_c
-;;          test_xmllib test_xmlrpc test_xpickle test_xrange test_zipfile
-;;          test_zipfile64 test_zipimport test_zipimport_support test_zlib
-;;       31 tests skipped:
-;;          test_aepack test_al test_applesingle test_ascii_formatd test_bsddb
-;;          test_bsddb185 test_bsddb3 test_cd test_cl test_codecmaps_cn
-;;          test_codecmaps_hk test_codecmaps_jp test_codecmaps_kr
-;;          test_codecmaps_tw test_ctypes test_curses test_dl test_gdb test_gl
-;;          test_imageop test_imgfile test_ioctl test_kqueue
-;;          test_linuxaudiodev test_macos test_macostools test_msilib
-;;          test_multiprocessing test_ossaudiodev test_pep277
-;;          test_scriptpackages
-;;       7 skips unexpected on linux2:
-;;          test_ascii_formatd test_bsddb test_bsddb3 test_ctypes test_gdb
-;;          test_ioctl test_multiprocessing
-;;    One of the typical errors:
-;;    test_unicode
-;;    test test_unicode crashed -- <type 'exceptions.OSError'>: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
+       ;; 268 tests OK.
+       ;; 103 tests failed:
+       ;;     test_distutils test_shutil test_signal test_site test_slice
+       ;;     test_smtplib test_smtpnet test_socket test_socketserver
+       ;;     test_softspace test_sort test_spwd test_sqlite test_ssl
+       ;;     test_startfile test_stat test_str test_strftime test_string
+       ;;     test_stringprep test_strop test_strptime test_strtod test_struct
+       ;;     test_structmembers test_structseq test_subprocess test_sunau
+       ;;     test_sunaudiodev test_sundry test_symtable test_syntax test_sys
+       ;;     test_sys_setprofile test_sys_settrace test_sysconfig test_tarfile
+       ;;     test_tcl test_telnetlib test_tempfile test_textwrap test_thread
+       ;;     test_threaded_import test_threadedtempfile test_threading
+       ;;     test_threading_local test_threadsignals test_time test_timeit
+       ;;     test_timeout test_tk test_tokenize test_tools test_trace
+       ;;     test_traceback test_transformer test_ttk_guionly test_ttk_textonly
+       ;;     test_tuple test_typechecks test_ucn test_unary
+       ;;     test_undocumented_details test_unicode test_unicode_file
+       ;;     test_unicodedata test_univnewlines test_univnewlines2k test_unpack
+       ;;     test_urllib test_urllib2 test_urllib2_localnet test_urllib2net
+       ;;     test_urllibnet test_urlparse test_userdict test_userlist
+       ;;     test_userstring test_uu test_uuid test_wait3 test_wait4
+       ;;     test_warnings test_wave test_weakref test_weakset test_whichdb
+       ;;     test_winreg test_winsound test_with test_wsgiref test_xdrlib
+       ;;     test_xml_etree test_xml_etree_c test_xmllib test_xmlrpc
+       ;;     test_xpickle test_xrange test_zipfile test_zipfile64
+       ;;     test_zipimport test_zipimport_support test_zlib
+       ;; 30 tests skipped:
+       ;;     test_aepack test_al test_applesingle test_bsddb test_bsddb185
+       ;;     test_bsddb3 test_cd test_cl test_codecmaps_cn test_codecmaps_hk
+       ;;     test_codecmaps_jp test_codecmaps_kr test_codecmaps_tw test_crypt
+       ;;     test_curses test_dl test_gdb test_gl test_idle test_imageop
+       ;;     test_imgfile test_ioctl test_kqueue test_linuxaudiodev test_macos
+       ;;     test_macostools test_msilib test_nis test_ossaudiodev
+       ;;     test_scriptpackages
+       ;; 6 skips unexpected on linux2:
+       ;;     test_bsddb test_bsddb3 test_crypt test_gdb test_idle test_ioctl
+       ;; One of the typical errors:
+       ;; test_unicode
+       ;; test test_unicode crashed -- <type 'exceptions.OSError'>: [Errno 2] No
+       ;; such file or directory
        #:test-target "test"
        #:configure-flags
         (let ((bz2 (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bzip2"))