to the data type pointed by its respective argument and not the pointer type.

finds out its return type and the types of its arguments. Added definitions
for non-configure systems config files, and introduced macro sreadfrom which
will be used on udp sockets as a recvfrom() wrapper.

fixed comments; fixed INSTDIR define, simplified rules;
changed to use get_ver.awk in current dir rather than the curl one.

updated external library versions to latest.

sync'd with lib makefile changes: use var for awk; fixed RECV* / SEND* defines; debug var can be overwritten; added better compiler path handling.

ares_getopt() command-line parser function does not belong to actual c-ares library. It is just a convinience source code helper function for use in example programs adig.c and ahost.c

as appropriate for platforms that don't have autotools support

use correct version var.