gnu: Remove python-libxml2 workaround.

* gnu/packages/xml.scm (python-libxml2)[source]: New field.
(python-libxml2/fixed): Remove variable.
* gnu/packages/glib.scm (itstool/fixed): Remove variable.
* gnu/packages/gnome.scm (gnumeric)[native-inputs]: Replace ITSTOOL/FIXED with ITSTOOL.
(yelp-tools/fixed): Remove variable.
* gnu/packages/mate.scm (mate-applets, mate-utils)[native-inputs]: Replace
YELP-TOOLS/FIXED with YELP-TOOLS.

4 files changed, 7 insertions, 37 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/packages/glib.scm b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
index eb37b9e824..ff5206e7fd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/glib.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
@@ -540,16 +540,6 @@ information in their documents, such as whether a particular element should be
 translated.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
-(define-public itstool/fixed
-  ;; This variant fixes a python-libxml2 crash when processing UTF-8
-  ;; sequences: <https://bugs.gnu.org/37468>.  Since the issue is quite rare,
-  ;; create this variant here to avoid a full rebuild.
-  (package/inherit
-   itstool
-   (inputs
-    `(("python-libxml2" ,python-libxml2/fixed)
-      ,@(alist-delete "python-libxml2" (package-inputs itstool))))))
-
 (define dbus-glib
   (package
     (name "dbus-glib")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index cddfd75cc0..108004434c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -2388,7 +2388,7 @@ Hints specification (EWMH).")
      `(("bison" ,bison)
        ("docbook-xml" ,docbook-xml)
        ("intltool" ,intltool)
-       ("itstool" ,itstool/fixed)            ;see <https://bugs.gnu.org/37468>
+       ("itstool" ,itstool)
        ("glib:bin" ,glib "bin")
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (home-page "http://www.gnumeric.org")
@@ -4893,17 +4893,6 @@ lifting is done by packages like yelp-xsl and itstool.  This package just
 wraps things up in a developer-friendly way.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
-(define-public yelp-tools/fixed
-  ;; This variant fixes a python-libxml2 crash when processing UTF-8
-  ;; sequences: <https://bugs.gnu.org/37468>.  TODO: Remove this in
-  ;; the next rebuild cycle.
-  (hidden-package
-   (package/inherit
-    yelp-tools
-    (propagated-inputs
-     `(("itstool" ,itstool/fixed)
-       ,@(alist-delete "itstool" (package-propagated-inputs yelp-tools)))))))
-
 (define-public libgee
   (package
     (name "libgee")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mate.scm b/gnu/packages/mate.scm
index d55d1b4461..ba90ccec73 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mate.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mate.scm
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ assorted menu related utility programs.")
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("intltool" ,intltool)
        ("libxslt" ,libxslt)
-       ("yelp-tools" ,yelp-tools/fixed)
+       ("yelp-tools" ,yelp-tools)
        ("scrollkeeper" ,scrollkeeper)
        ("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)
        ("docbook-xml" ,docbook-xml)
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ can be used as backgrounds in the MATE Desktop environment.")
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("scrollkeeper" ,scrollkeeper)
        ("xorgproto" ,xorgproto)
-       ("yelp-tools" ,yelp-tools/fixed)))
+       ("yelp-tools" ,yelp-tools)))
     (inputs
      `(("atk" ,atk)
        ("cairo" ,cairo)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xml.scm b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
index cc21d315eb..6d1aa6f76c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
@@ -166,9 +166,12 @@ project (but it is usable outside of the Gnome platform).")
     (license license:x11)))
 
 (define-public python-libxml2
-  ;; TODO: Merge with 'python-libxml2/fixed' on the next rebuild cycle.
   (package/inherit libxml2
     (name "python-libxml2")
+    (source (origin
+              (inherit (package-source libxml2))
+              (patches (cons (search-patch "python-libxml2-utf8.patch")
+                             (origin-patches (package-source libxml2))))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (outputs '("out"))
     (arguments
@@ -194,18 +197,6 @@ project (but it is usable outside of the Gnome platform).")
     (inputs `(("libxml2" ,libxml2)))
     (synopsis "Python bindings for the libxml2 library")))
 
-(define-public python-libxml2/fixed
-  ;; This variant fixes a crash when processing UTF-8 sequences:
-  ;;    <https://bugs.gnu.org/37468>
-  ;; TODO: Merge with 'python-libxml2' on the next rebuild cycle.
-  (package/inherit
-   python-libxml2
-   (version (string-append (package-version python-libxml2) "-1"))
-   (source (origin
-             (inherit (package-source libxml2))
-             (patches (cons (search-patch "python-libxml2-utf8.patch")
-                            (origin-patches (package-source libxml2))))))))
-
 (define-public python2-libxml2
   (package-with-python2 python-libxml2))