Merge pull request #125 from jdegraaf/Merged_EK_newer

Merged ek newer
Merge branch 'Merged_EK_newer' of https://github.com/jdegraaf/espresso
Merge branch 'master' into Merged_EK_newer

Merged with master to ensure everything is up to date.
Necessary changes to get the lb_planar_embedded_particles.tcl testcase to pass on 3 cores, to fix a compiler problem for the nocheck-maxset, and to fix the actual problem in the code that that problem indicated.