cleanup patches (and other stuff) (#79)

* cleanup patches
* fix polyseed patch
* Fix iOS builds
* fix polyseed dependencies
* fix polyseed patch for macOS
* update ledger patch
* update wownero patches and version
* update checksums
* wip"
* update gitmodules
* update boost build script
* update build_single.sh
* vix verbosey_copy
* fix __clear_cache bug on wownero
* update randomwow
* migrate build system
* fix cross compilation issues
* some more build issue
* update polyseed
* cleanup cmakelists
* fix toolchain.cmake.in
* add ssp
* another attempt at building windows on CI
* fix package name
* migrate mirror to my own hosting
* change download mirror priority (fallback first)
* link ssp in monero module as well by using CMAKE_{C,CXX}_FLAGS
* fix android builds
* update polyseed source
* 13 -> trixie
* fix package name conflicts, update runner to sid
* update boost to 1_84_0, disable patch that's no longer needed
* switch to ubuntu:24.04
* add POLYSEED_STATIC to toolchain.cmake.in in order to properly link
* drop patches
* fixes to darwin
* link missing wowner-seed library
* a litte bit more of experiments
* build locale only on windows
* update iconv
* update definitions
* update ci builds
* update my progress
* ios fix, update depends, ci
* multithread build system
* fix android, mingw and linux build issues
* remove dependency check
* update Dockerfile to include pigz
* show a message when pigz is missing
* fix devcontainer mingw setup (missing ENV)
* update android build runner
* sailfishos dropped (you better go behave yourself and run actual linux programs)
* fiz pigz issues
* install llvm-ranlib for android
* fix iOS build issues
* fix dummy ledger patch
* fix macos and darwin
* fix macos ci
* fix macos build command
* install autoconf
* add automake
* add libtool
* macos fixes, wownero fixes, idk what else, please help me
* fix wownero iOS build
* Cleanup patches
* add try-catch into monero code
* fix error handling
* update checksums

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+### Usage
+
+To build dependencies for the current arch+OS:
+
+```bash
+make
+```
+
+To build for another arch/OS:
+
+```bash
+make HOST=host-platform-triplet
+```
+
+For example:
+
+```bash
+make HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32 -j4
+```
+
+A toolchain will be generated that's suitable for plugging into Monero's
+cmake. In the above example, a dir named x86_64-w64-mingw32 will be
+created. To use it for Monero:
+
+```bash
+cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN=`pwd`/contrib/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32
+```
+
+Common `host-platform-triplets` for cross compilation are:
+
+- `i686-w64-mingw32` for Win32
+- `x86_64-w64-mingw32` for Win64
+- `x86_64-apple-darwin11` for MacOSX x86_64
+- `arm-linux-gnueabihf` for Linux ARM 32 bit
+- `aarch64-linux-gnu` for Linux ARM 64 bit
+- `riscv64-linux-gnu` for Linux RISCV 64 bit
+
+No other options are needed, the paths are automatically configured.
+
+Dependency Options:
+The following can be set when running make: make FOO=bar
+
+```
+SOURCES_PATH: downloaded sources will be placed here
+BASE_CACHE: built packages will be placed here
+FALLBACK_DOWNLOAD_PATH: If a source file can't be fetched, try here before giving up
+DEBUG: disable some optimizations and enable more runtime checking
+HOST_ID_SALT: Optional salt to use when generating host package ids
+BUILD_ID_SALT: Optional salt to use when generating build package ids
+```
+
+Additional targets:
+
+```
+download: run 'make download' to fetch all sources without building them
+download-osx: run 'make download-osx' to fetch all sources needed for osx builds
+download-win: run 'make download-win' to fetch all sources needed for win builds
+download-linux: run 'make download-linux' to fetch all sources needed for linux builds
+```
+
+#Mingw builds
+
+Building for 32/64bit mingw requires switching alternatives to a posix mode
+
+```bash
+update-alternatives --set x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++-posix
+update-alternatives --set x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-posix
+```
+
+### Other documentation
+
+- [description.md](description.md): General description of the depends system
+- [packages.md](packages.md): Steps for adding packages
+