STLplus C++ library collection SVN makefiles

Updated version after last release

made environment variable names more specific

Fix for problem on MinGW platforms where the CC macro maps onto the
non-existent cc compiler rather than gcc

extended use of PIC to BSD variants, make links use CC variable

This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag 'makefiles-01-09'.

update do-release script to use new version of release

More documentation updates ready for release

Added support for shared library builds. Updated commentary on Unicode
support in wxWidgets.

using gcc not g++ to link to bypass a bug with TDM 64-bit compiler - may be better practice anyway

make PIC the default on Linux, but not in CYGWIN/MINGW