> We can replace `gethostbyname`, which is deprecated on Windows and Linux, 
> with `getaddrinfo`. This API is available on all supported platforms and so 
> can be placed in shared code. @djelinski pointed out that `getaddrinfo` can 
> resolve both IP addresses and host names so the two step approach used in 
> `networkStream::connect` is not necessary and we can do away with 
> `os::get_host_by_name()` completely.
> 
> The build is updated to enable winsock deprecation warnings, and now we need 
> to use `ws2_32.lib` we can drop `wsock32.lib` (as it is basically a subset - 
> again thanks @djelinski ).
> 
> Testing
>     - all Oracle builds in tiers 1-5
>     - All GHA builds
> 
> The actual code change has to be manually tested because the code is only 
> used by Ideal Graph Printing to connect to the Ideal Graph Visualizer. I've 
> manually tested on Windows and Linux and @tobiasholenstein tested macOS.
> 
> Thanks.

David Holmes has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
commit since the last revision:

  Restrict getaddrinfo to IPv4 only as per the rest of the code

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12842/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12842/files/81f15e05..8b6f6317

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=12842&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=12842&range=00-01

  Stats: 1 line in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 1 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12842.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk pull/12842/head:pull/12842

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12842

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