Port retry/errstr changes

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[roborivers]

Coding style check: Success ✓.
Cbuild submission: Success ✓.
Regression testing: Success ✓.

The first 10 failing tests are:
insert_lots
consumer_non_atomic_default_consumer_generated
skipscan
sc_downgrade
insert_lots_ssl_generated
reco-ddlk-sql

[roborivers]

Coding style check: Success ✓.
Cbuild submission: Success ✓.
Regression testing: Success ✓.

The first 10 failing tests are:
logarchive [setup failure]
queuedb_rollover_noroll1_generated
consumer_non_atomic_default_consumer_generated
phys_rep_tiered_firstfile_generated
insert_lots_ssl_generated
insert_lots
reco-ddlk-sql
incoh_remsql_rte_connect_generated
incoh_remsql

[roborivers]

Coding style check: Success ✓.
Cbuild submission: Success ✓.
Regression testing: Success ✓.

The first 10 failing tests are:
sc_timepart [core dumped]
insert_lots
cdb2api_addl_cfg
consumer_non_atomic_default_consumer_generated
pmux_sqlite_memory_generated
pmux_sqlite_file_generated
truncatesc_offline_generated
insert_lots_ssl_generated
reco-ddlk-sql