Bring r18413:18420 from trunk to 1.8 branch:
- unify srcdir query, etc.
- Move libhdf5.settings string out of H5Tinit.c
Tested on:
FreeBSD/32 6.3 (duty) in debug mode
FreeBSD/64 6.3 (liberty) w/C++ & FORTRAN, in debug mode
Linux/32 2.6 (jam) w/PGI compilers, w/default API=1.8.x,
w/C++ & FORTRAN, w/threadsafe, in debug mode
Linux/64-amd64 2.6 (amani) w/Intel compilers, w/default API=1.6.x,
w/C++ & FORTRAN, in production mode
Solaris/32 2.10 (linew) w/deprecated symbols disabled, w/C++ & FORTRAN,
w/szip filter, in production mode
Linux/64-ia64 2.6 (cobalt) w/Intel compilers, w/C++ & FORTRAN,
in production mode
Linux/64-ia64 2.4 (tg-login3) w/parallel, w/FORTRAN, in debug mode
Linux/64-amd64 2.6 (abe) w/parallel, w/FORTRAN, in production mode
Mac OS X/32 10.6.2 (amazon) in debug mode
Mac OS X/32 10.6.2 (amazon) w/C++ & FORTRAN, w/threadsafe,
in production mode
