branch core-updates updated (9a224ac -> 2a8d440)

[Ludovic Courtès]

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

      from  9a224ac   gnu: Use patch --force instead of --batch.
       new  856ae5e   build-system/gnu: Strip with '--strip-all' instead of 
'--strip-debug'.
       new  af07095   packages: Add 'file-type' field to 
'search-path-specification'.
       new  7ec02d3   build-support/gnu: Add support for file patterns in 
search paths.
       new  7b21fe5   packages: Add 'file-pattern' field to 
'search-path-specification'.
       new  bd2fc4d   utils: Export 'search-path-as-list'.
       new  cc9a5c1   guix package: Use 'search-path-as-list' instead of custom 
code.
       new  2a8d440   gnu: libxml2: Add search path specification.

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Summary of changes:
 gnu/packages/autotools.scm      |    2 +-
 gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm      |    4 +-
 gnu/packages/cross-base.scm     |    4 +-
 gnu/packages/games.scm          |    2 +-
 gnu/packages/gcc.scm            |    4 +-
 gnu/packages/glib.scm           |    4 +-
 gnu/packages/gnome.scm          |   11 ----------
 gnu/packages/gps.scm            |   12 +----------
 gnu/packages/guile.scm          |    6 ++--
 gnu/packages/linux.scm          |    5 ++++
 gnu/packages/man.scm            |    2 +-
 gnu/packages/perl.scm           |    2 +-
 gnu/packages/pkg-config.scm     |    3 +-
 gnu/packages/python.scm         |    4 +-
 gnu/packages/ruby.scm           |    7 ++---
 gnu/packages/web.scm            |   11 +---------
 gnu/packages/xfce.scm           |    2 +-
 gnu/packages/xml.scm            |   12 +++++++++++
 guix/build-system/gnu.scm       |    2 +-
 guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm |   12 ++++++----
 guix/build/utils.scm            |   41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 guix/packages.scm               |   16 +++++++++-----
 guix/scripts/environment.scm    |    8 ++----
 guix/scripts/package.scm        |   23 +++++++++++----------
 tests/packages.scm              |    4 +-
 25 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)