Squashed 'external/devlib/' changes from be988bb42..1730f6946

1730f6946 target: Avoid intermittent error when installing binary
cf4d3b5f4 collector/dmesg: Avoid unnecessary dmesg command
eb2c7e488 devlib/utils/serial_port: Avoid use of deprecated disutils
306fd0624 devlib/utils/ssh: Avoid using deprecated distutils
fe28e086c devlib/host: Remove use of deprecated distutils
59ff6100d utils.rendering: Fix activity matching

git-subtree-dir: external/devlib
git-subtree-split: 1730f69461cc758d016508d9d0f0db693cb355e4