gnu: Python@2: Update to 2.7.16.

* gnu/packages/patches/python2-CVE-2018-1000802.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/python2-CVE-2018-14647.patch: Delete files.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Adjust accordingly.
* gnu/packages/python.scm (python-2.7): Update to 2.7.16.
[source](patches): Remove obsolete.

gnu/local.mk

@@ -1161,8 +1161,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/pygpgme-disable-problematic-tests.patch  \
   %D%/packages/patches/pyqt-configure.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/pyqt-public-sip.patch			\
-  %D%/packages/patches/python2-CVE-2018-14647.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/python2-CVE-2018-1000802.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/python-2-deterministic-build-info.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/python-2.7-adjust-tests.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/python-2.7-search-paths.patch		\

gnu/packages/patches/python2-CVE-2018-1000802.patch

@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-Fix CVE-2018-1000802:
-
-https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000802
-
-Taken from upstream commit (sans NEWS):
-https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d8b103b8b3ef9644805341216963a64098642435
-
-diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
-index 3462f7c5e9..0ab1a06f52 100644
---- a/Lib/shutil.py
-+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
-@@ -413,17 +413,21 @@ def _make_tarball(base_name, base_dir, compress="gzip", verbose=0, dry_run=0,
- 
-     return archive_name
- 
--def _call_external_zip(base_dir, zip_filename, verbose=False, dry_run=False):
-+def _call_external_zip(base_dir, zip_filename, verbose, dry_run, logger):
-     # XXX see if we want to keep an external call here
-     if verbose:
-         zipoptions = "-r"
-     else:
-         zipoptions = "-rq"
--    from distutils.errors import DistutilsExecError
--    from distutils.spawn import spawn
-+    cmd = ["zip", zipoptions, zip_filename, base_dir]
-+    if logger is not None:
-+        logger.info(' '.join(cmd))
-+    if dry_run:
-+        return
-+    import subprocess
-     try:
--        spawn(["zip", zipoptions, zip_filename, base_dir], dry_run=dry_run)
--    except DistutilsExecError:
-+        subprocess.check_call(cmd)
-+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-         # XXX really should distinguish between "couldn't find
-         # external 'zip' command" and "zip failed".
-         raise ExecError, \
-@@ -458,7 +462,7 @@ def _make_zipfile(base_name, base_dir, verbose=0, dry_run=0, logger=None):
-         zipfile = None
- 
-     if zipfile is None:
--        _call_external_zip(base_dir, zip_filename, verbose, dry_run)
-+        _call_external_zip(base_dir, zip_filename, verbose, dry_run, logger)
-     else:
-         if logger is not None:
-             logger.info("creating '%s' and adding '%s' to it",

gnu/packages/patches/python2-CVE-2018-14647.patch

@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-Fix CVE-2018-14647:
-https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14647
-https://bugs.python.org/issue34623
-
-Taken from upstream:
-https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/18b20bad75b4ff0486940fba4ec680e96e70f3a2
-
-diff --git a/Include/pyexpat.h b/Include/pyexpat.h
-index 5340ef5fa3..3fc5fa54da 100644
---- a/Include/pyexpat.h
-+++ b/Include/pyexpat.h
-@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
- 
- /* note: you must import expat.h before importing this module! */
- 
--#define PyExpat_CAPI_MAGIC  "pyexpat.expat_CAPI 1.0"
-+#define PyExpat_CAPI_MAGIC  "pyexpat.expat_CAPI 1.1"
- #define PyExpat_CAPSULE_NAME "pyexpat.expat_CAPI"
- 
- struct PyExpat_CAPI 
-@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ struct PyExpat_CAPI
-         XML_Parser parser, XML_UnknownEncodingHandler handler,
-         void *encodingHandlerData);
-     void (*SetUserData)(XML_Parser parser, void *userData);
-+    /* might be none for expat < 2.1.0 */
-+    int (*SetHashSalt)(XML_Parser parser, unsigned long hash_salt);
-     /* always add new stuff to the end! */
- };
- 
-diff --git a/Modules/_elementtree.c b/Modules/_elementtree.c
-index f7f992dd3a..b38e0ab329 100644
---- a/Modules/_elementtree.c
-+++ b/Modules/_elementtree.c
-@@ -2574,6 +2574,11 @@ xmlparser(PyObject* self_, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
-         PyErr_NoMemory();
-         return NULL;
-     }
-+    /* expat < 2.1.0 has no XML_SetHashSalt() */
-+    if (EXPAT(SetHashSalt) != NULL) {
-+        EXPAT(SetHashSalt)(self->parser,
-+                           (unsigned long)_Py_HashSecret.prefix);
-+    }
- 
-     ALLOC(sizeof(XMLParserObject), "create expatparser");
- 
-diff --git a/Modules/pyexpat.c b/Modules/pyexpat.c
-index 2b4d31293c..1f8c0d70a5 100644
---- a/Modules/pyexpat.c
-+++ b/Modules/pyexpat.c
-@@ -2042,6 +2042,11 @@ MODULE_INITFUNC(void)
-     capi.SetProcessingInstructionHandler = XML_SetProcessingInstructionHandler;
-     capi.SetUnknownEncodingHandler = XML_SetUnknownEncodingHandler;
-     capi.SetUserData = XML_SetUserData;
-+#if XML_COMBINED_VERSION >= 20100
-+    capi.SetHashSalt = XML_SetHashSalt;
-+#else
-+    capi.SetHashSalt = NULL;
-+#endif
- 
-     /* export using capsule */
-     capi_object = PyCapsule_New(&capi, PyExpat_CAPSULE_NAME, NULL);

gnu/packages/python.scm

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages python)
 (define-public python-2.7
   (package
     (name "python2")
-    (version "2.7.15")
+    (version "2.7.16")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
@@ -102,14 +102,12 @@ (define-public python-2.7
                           version "/Python-" version ".tar.xz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
-        "0x2mvz9dp11wj7p5ccvmk9s0hzjk2fa1m462p395l4r6bfnb3n92"))
+        "1mqfcqp5y8r0bfyr7ppl74n0lig45p9mc4b8adlcpvj74rhfy8pj"))
       (patches (search-patches "python-2.7-search-paths.patch"
                                "python-2-deterministic-build-info.patch"
                                "python-2.7-site-prefixes.patch"
                                "python-2.7-source-date-epoch.patch"
-                               "python-2.7-adjust-tests.patch"
-                               "python2-CVE-2018-14647.patch"
-                               "python2-CVE-2018-1000802.patch"))
+                               "python-2.7-adjust-tests.patch"))
       (modules '((guix build utils)))
       ;; suboptimal to delete failing tests here, but if we delete them in the
       ;; arguments then we need to make sure to strip out that phase when it