gnu: sqlite: Update to 3.15.1.

* gnu/packages/databases.scm (sqlite): Update to 3.15.1.
[source]: Download from sqlite.org.
[home-page]: Use HTTPS.
(sqlite-3.15.1): Remove.
* gnu/packages/php.scm (php)[inputs]: Change 'sqlite-3.15.1' to 'sqlite'.

build-system/gnu: Make libraries writable before stripping.

* guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm (strip)[strip-dir]: Change mode of
files before running strip-command.

gnu: libgc-7.2: Remove package.

This package variant was unused.

* gnu/packages/bdw-gc.scm (libgc-7.2): Delete variable.

gnu: Update mit-krb5 to version 1.14.4.

* gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm (mit-krb5): Update to 1.14.4

gnu: libtiff: Update to 4.0.7.

* gnu/packages/image.scm (libtiff): Update to 4.0.7.
[source]: Update URL and remove obsolete patches.
[home-page]: Update URL.
(libtiff-4.0.7): Delete variable.
* gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-CVE-2015-8665+CVE-2015-8683.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-CVE-2016-3623.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-CVE-2016-3945.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-CVE-2016-3990.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-CVE-2016-3991.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-CVE-2016-5314.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-CVE-2016-5321.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-CVE-2016-5323.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-oob-accesses-in-decode.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-oob-write-in-nextdecode.patch: Delete files.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Remove them.

Merge branch 'master' into core-updates

gnu: linux-libre: Update to 4.8.10.

* gnu/packages/linux.scm (%linux-libre-version, %linux-libre-hash)
(linux-libre): Update to 4.8.10.

gnu: linux-libre@4.4: Update to 4.4.34.

* gnu/packages/linux.scm (linux-libre-4.4): Update to 4.4.34.

gnu: guix: Update development snapshot.

* gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guix-devel): Update to 1f410017.

Revert "gnu: Update mit-krb5 to version 1.14.4."

This reverts commit 2947ff6430da5d60017b0c5c8c51fd2a1d85440b, which
would have caused too many rebuilds for 'master'.

marionette: Avoid use of SIGALRM for timeouts.

* gnu/build/marionette.scm (make-marionette)[accept*]: New procedures.
Remove calls to 'sigaction'.  Use 'accept*' instead of 'accept'.

gnu: Add 'cryptsetup-static'.

* gnu/packages/cryptsetup.scm (static-library): New procedure.
(cryptsetup-static): New variable.

gnu: Add 'lvm2-static'.

* gnu/packages/patches/lvm2-static-link.patch: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (lvm2)[source](patches): New field.
(lvm2-static): New variable.

gnu: grub: Add dependency on LVM2.

* gnu/packages/grub.scm (grub)[inputs]: Add LVM2.

gnu: python-pyld: Update to 0.7.1.

* gnu/packages/python.scm (python-pyld): Update to 0.7.1.

gnu: Update mit-krb5 to version 1.14.4.

* gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm (mit-krb5): Update to 1.14.4

gnu: notmuch: Update to 0.23.2.

* gnu/packages/mail.scm (notmuch): Update to 0.23.2.

gnu: notmuch: Skip tests that fail with gnupg-2.1.16.

* gnu/packages/mail.scm (notmuch)[arguments]: Add environment variable
to skip tests that broke after gnupg-2.1.16.

gnu: libtiff: Update replacement to 4.0.7.

* gnu/packages/image.scm (libtiff)[replacement]: Update to 4.0.7.
(libtiff-4.0.7): New variable. Update home-page and source URLs.
(libtiff/fixed): Delete variable.
* gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-CVE-2016-5652.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-CVE-2016-9273.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-CVE-2016-9297.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-CVE-2016-9448.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-uint32-overflow.patch: Delete files.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Remove them.

gnu: freetype: Update to 2.7.

* gnu/packages/fontutils.scm (freetype): Update to 2.7.
[home-page]: Use HTTPS.