[svn-r13380] Added 'make help' to 1.6 branch.

Same change as in 1.8 branch.  Tested that make still works on kagiso.

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+cat << EOF
+Help for HDF5 Makefiles
+For help with the make utility itself, try 'man make'.
+
+HDF5 makefiles are used to build, test, and install HDF5.  The exact
+behavior and output will depend on your system's version of make, compiler,
+etc.
+
+Usage: make [make options] [TARGET]
+
+Targets:
+make help:		print this help message
+
+make, make all:         (default if no target is specified)
+                        builds all libraries, tools, and tests
+make lib:               builds libraries only
+make progs:             builds libraries and programs
+make tests:             builds libraries, programs, and tests.
+                        Essentially the same as 'make all'.
+make check, make tests,
+make _test, make test:  Run HDF5's test suite.
+                        Make will exit with a failure if any tests fail.
+
+make install:           install HDF5 libraries, include files, and tools
+make install-examples:  installs example source files
+make install-all:       runs both make-install and make install-examples
+make check-install:     test building examples with installed HDF5 library
+make uninstall:         remove installed files
+make install-examples:  removes example source files
+make uninstall-all:     removes both installed libraries and examples
+
+make check-clean:       remove files generated by running tests
+                        (allows tests to be re-run)
+make mostlyclean:       remove intermediate files (*.o files).
+                        Doesn't clean libraries or executables.
+make clean:             remove all files generated by make or make check
+make distclean:         remove all files generated by make, make check, or
+                        configure
+
+make check-p:           Only run parallel tests
+make check-s:           Only run serial tests
+make check-vfd:         Run tests with each virtual file driver
+
+HDF5 uses Automake, so any standard Automake targets not listed here
+should also work.
+
+Configure options that affect Makefile behavior:
+        --enable-fortran, --enable-cxx, --enable-parallel, and --disable-hl
+enable or disable various interfaces.  Make will only recurse into these
+directories if they are specified at configure time.
+        --prefix=[path], --libdir=[path], --includedir=[path], etc. can be used
+to change the directory into which make install puts files.
+        --enable-build-all causes make to build some files that are only
+needed by developers (test file generation programs).
+
+Environment variables that affect Makefile behavior:
+        Make will honor environment variables like CFLAGS that are used when building and linking.
+        The variable HDF5TestExpress can be used to control the running time
+of the tests.  HDF5TestExpress = 0 is a full run of the tests while
+to run make check.  1 and 2 are intermediate values.  The default value is 1.
+
+Available command-line options for make depend on the version of make installed
+on your system.  Try 'man make'.
+
+EOF