1 files changed, 6 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 77bb8a4fa5..de8f054c5e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 (define-public python-2.7
   (package
     (name "python")
-    (version "2.7.11")
+    (version "2.7.12")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
                           version "/Python-" version ".tar.xz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
-        "0iiz844riiznsyhhyy962710pz228gmhv8qi3yk4w4jhmx2lqawn"))
+        "0y7rl603vmwlxm6ilkhc51rx2mfj14ckcz40xxgs0ljnvlhp30yp"))
       (patches (search-patches "python-2.7-search-paths.patch"
                                "python-2-deterministic-build-info.patch"
                                "python-2.7-source-date-epoch.patch"))
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
        '(begin
           (for-each delete-file
                     '("Lib/test/test_compileall.py"
+                      "Lib/test/test_ctypes.py" ; fails on mips64el
                       "Lib/test/test_distutils.py"
                       "Lib/test/test_import.py"
                       "Lib/test/test_shutil.py"
@@ -196,13 +197,6 @@
            (lambda _
              ;; 'Lib/test/test_site.py' needs a valid $HOME
              (setenv "HOME" (getcwd))
-             ,@(if (string-prefix? "mips64el" (%current-system))
-
-                   ;; XXX: The following test fails on mips64el.
-                   '((false-if-exception
-                      (delete-file "Lib/test/test_ctypes.py")))
-
-                   '())
              #t))
           (add-after
            'unpack 'set-source-file-times-to-1980
@@ -284,7 +278,7 @@
      (list (search-path-specification
             (variable "PYTHONPATH")
             (files '("lib/python2.7/site-packages")))))
-    (home-page "http://python.org")
+    (home-page "https://www.python.org")
     (synopsis "High-level, dynamically-typed programming language")
     (description
      "Python is a remarkably powerful dynamic programming language that
@@ -379,8 +373,8 @@ data types.")
                   (lambda (old new)
                     (symlink (string-append python old)
                              (string-append bin "/" new)))
-                  '("python3" "pydoc3" "idle3")
-                  '("python"  "pydoc"  "idle"))))))
+                  `("python3" ,"pydoc3" ,"idle3" ,"pip3" ,"python3-config")
+                  `("python"  ,"pydoc"  ,"idle"  ,"pip"  ,"python-config"))))))
     (synopsis "Wrapper for the Python 3 commands")
     (description
      "This package provides wrappers for the commands of Python@tie{}3.x such