Bring r17553 from trunk to 1.8 branch:
Bring general fixes/improvements from file_free_space branch back to
trunk.
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/C++ & FORTRAN, w/threadsafe,
in debug mode
Linux/64-amd64 2.6 (smirom) 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 production mode
Linux/64-amd64 2.6 (abe) w/parallel, w/FORTRAN, in production mode
Mac OS X/32 10.5.8 (amazon) in debug mode
Mac OS X/32 10.5.8 (amazon) w/C++ & FORTRAN, w/threadsafe,
in production mode
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