changed flint to version 2.4
single file cherry-pick from Mike
fix a gcc warning message in the flint library
again a file cherry-pick from Mike
patch for flint's configure
fixing MP issue and checking libraries in /lib
fix pthread linking issue for 'make check' for flint (wrong link order)
fix M2-shipped libs lookup issue and add blas usage
 correct configure file name
added a cast to allow this to compile under gcc 4.4.7 with debugging
Merge pull request #87 from jakobkroeker/fix.flint.build.baseIsMaster

fix for flint compiling issues
comment out test of rawSelectByDegrees

because the function doesn't exist at top level
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:Macaulay2/M2
fix a test file

redundant parentheses no longer appear in the output
set random seed to 0 for each test and example

... when installing or checking a package
document setting random seed to 0 for tests

and examples
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:Macaulay2/M2
document setting random seed to 0 for tests, part 2
Merge remote-tracking branch 'm2/master' into linalg

Conflicts:
	M2/libraries/flint/Makefile.in
	M2/libraries/flint/patch-2.4
Mostly took the versions from m2/master