25 May 16 19:32, you wrote to :

 RC> Separate issue, I have been unable to get nltools to compile..

 RC> Currently running what I believe to be relatively recent sources under
 RC> ubuntu 14.04.

 RC> Here is the make output.

 RChttp://www.easternstar.info/nltools.txt

 RC> Any insight would be appreciated.

There's an error in the Makefile that's been there since 2012. See below for a patch.

Index: Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/husky/nltools/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -r1.19 Makefile
-+- Makefile    18 Apr 2012 18:08:10 -0000      1.19
+++ Makefile    26 May 2016 00:00:53 -0000
{at}{at} -52,7 +52,7 {at}{at}
           string$(_OBJ) nldate$(_OBJ) julian$(_OBJ) nlfind$(_OBJ) \
          $(LIBS)

-nlupd$(_EXE): nlupdate$(_OBJ) string$(_OBJ) nldate$(_OBJ) julian$(_OBJ) \
+nlupdate$(_EXE): nlupdate$(_OBJ) string$(_OBJ) nldate$(_OBJ) julian$(_OBJ) \
           nlfind$(_OBJ)
        $(CC) $(LFLAGS) -o nlupd$(_EXE) nlupdate$(_OBJ) string$(_OBJ) \
           nldate$(_OBJ) julian$(_OBJ) nlfind$(_OBJ) $(LIBS)

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