pull: Update to the new cgit snapshot URL.

* guix/scripts/pull.scm (%snapshot-url): Update to the new URL.

gnu: gdb: Remove headers and libraries already in Binutils.

* gnu/packages/gdb.scm (gdb)[arguments]: Add #:modules.  Rename
  'post-install' phase to 'remove-libs-already-in-binutils'.  Change it
  to compute the intersection of the set of headers and libraries of GDB
  vs. Binutils and to remove each of the files found in both.

gnu: gdb: Use 'modify-phases'.

* gnu/packages/gdb.scm (gdb)[arguments]: Use 'modify-phases'.

gnu: gdb: Update to 7.10.

* gnu/packages/gdb.scm (gdb): Update to 7.10.

linux-initrd: Compress cpio archives deterministically.

* gnu/build/linux-initrd.scm (write-cpio-archive): Use '--no-name'.

gnu: xfce4-settings: Set the default icon theme to "gnome".

Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/21217>.

* gnu/packages/patches/xfce4-settings-defaults.patch: New file.
* gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
* gnu/packages/xfce.scm (xfce4-settings)[source]: Add patch.

gnu: ibus: Suggest search path.

* gnu/packages/ibus.scm (ibus)[native-search-paths]: Add path specification
  for IBUS_COMPONENT_PATH.

gnu: Add gMTP.

* gnu/packages/libusb.scm (gmtp): New variable.

gnu: ibus: Update to 1.5.11.

* gnu/packages/ibus.scm (ibus): Update to 1.5.11.

gnu: qsynth: Update to 0.4.0.

* gnu/packages/audio.scm (qsynth): Update to 0.4.0.

gnu: oslotest: Update to 1.10.0

* gnu/packages/openstack.scm (python-oslotest): Update to 1.10.0.

gnu: sqlite: Switch to alternate source URL.

* gnu/packages/databases.scm (sqlite)[source]: Add fossies.org URL.

build: Improve information density and appearance of download progress output.

* guix/build/download.scm (seconds->string): New function.
  (byte-count->string): New function.
  (progress-bar): New function.
  (throughput->string): Remove function.
  (progress-proc): Display base file name, elapsed time, and progress bar.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>

ui: Add package-description-string.

Provide support for Texinfo's markup in package description.

* guix/ui.scm (%text-width): New parameter.
  (texi->plain-text): New variable.
  (package->recutils): Use them.
  (package-description-string): New variable.
* emacs/guix-main.scm (%package-param-alist): Use it.
* gnu/packages/perl.scm (perl-devel-globaldestruction)
  (perl-devel-lexalias, perl-exporter-lite): Adapt to Texinfo's markup.
* gnu/packages/python.scm (python2-empy): Likewise.

gnu: Add oslo.i18n.

* gnu/packages/openstack.scm (python-oslo.i18n, python2-oslo.i18n): New
  variables.

gnu: python-testtools: fix propagated inputs.

* gnu/packages/python.scm (python-testools): turn python-fixtures and
  python-testtools into propagated inputs.

gnu: pbr: Update to 1.6.0

* gnu/packages/openstack.scm (python-pbr): Update to 1.6.0.

gnu: Add ruby-rack.

* gnu/packages/ruby.scm (ruby-rack): New variable.

build: container: Use the same clone flags as fork(3).

The intent is to make 'clone' behave a lot more like 'primitive-fork', which
calls clone(2) with SIGCHLD, CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID, and CLONE_CHILD_SETTID
flags.  Notably, running 'clone' at the REPL without these flags would break
the REPL beyond repair.

* guix/build/syscalls.scm (CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID, CLONE_CHILD_SETTID): New
  variables.
* gnu/build/linux-container.scm (namespaces->bit-mask): Add
  CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID and CLONE_CHILD_SETTID to bit mask.

build: container: Setup /dev/console.

* gnu/build/linux-container.scm (mount-file-systems): Bind mount the
  controlling terminal as /dev/console.