hdf5_chunking_query_bmr

[svn-r15942] Purpose: Bug Fixes and Libtool Upgrade

Description:
     - Remove need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH when using shared szip library.

     - Libtool 2.2.6a is now used to generate libraries.

     - 'make check install' dependency bug is fixed, and should no longer
       break the build. 
  
     - removed hard coding of shell in config/commence.am, as this causes
       problems on Solaris with the new version of libtool.
   
     - RELEASE.txt with appropriate changes.

Tested:
     - kagiso, smirom, linew (merged from 1.8, pretty quick tests)