Josef Söntgen 48f37b4a46 libc: use original 'gai_strerror()' implementation
This commit removes the dummy 'gai_strerror()' implementation in
favor of the one provided in the contrib sources to allow for better
diagnosing of DNS related problems.

As long as NLS is not set the implementation looks up the error string
via the error-code directly.

Fixes #5464.
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This directory contains ports of 3rd-party libraries to Genode.


Usage
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The tool './tool/ports/prepare_port' in the toplevel directory automates the
task of downloading and preparing the 3rd-party source codes. One can select
individual ports that have to be prepared by specifying their base names
(without the version number) as command-line argument. For example, the
following command prepares both the C library and the Freetype library:
! ./tool/ports/prepare_port libc freetype

To compile and link against 3rd-party libraries of the 'libports' repository,
you have to include the repository into the build process by appending it to the
'REPOSITORIES' declaration of your '<build-dir>/etc/build.conf' file.


Under the hood
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For each library, there is a file contained in the 'libports/ports/'
subdirectory. The file is named after the library and contains the
library-specific rules for downloading the source code and installing header
files.


How does 'libports' relate to the other repositories?
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Most libraries hosted in the 'libports' repository expect a complete C
library, which is provided via the 'libc' port. The libc, in turn, depends on
the 'os' repository for its back end.