Hi Mark,

> what's the latest version of makenl-ng available for linux?

This is the latest for linux, with a binary _in_ the archive:

http://www.filegate.net/coordutl/MN346LNX.ZIP

But - I usually grab the source and compile it on my linux box rather than use
the binary in MN346LNX.ZIP.

You can grab the source file here if you like,
  http://www.filegate.net/coordutl/MN346SRC.ZIP (source archive!)

> do i need to download the latest repository version and build it for x86_64?
> what problems might i face? (eg: problem detecting newest DOY file)

It's pretty easy to build the binary from the source, I do it everytime a new
version comes out.
First I make a clean directory where I can work:

mkdir newnmsource
cd newnmsource
unzip /home/ftp/pub/coordutl/MN346SRC.ZIP

make -f makefile.linux

=== results you'll see:
bbs@filegate:~/newnmsource/makenl-3.4.6/src$ make -f makefile.linux gcc -Wall
-W -c config.c
gcc -Wall -W -c crc16.c
gcc -Wall -W -c fileutil.c
gcc -Wall -W -c fts5.c
gcc -Wall -W -c lsttool.c
gcc -Wall -W -c makenl.c
gcc -Wall -W -c merge.c
gcc -Wall -W -c mkdiff.c
gcc -Wall -W -c mklog.c
gcc -Wall -W -c msgtool.c
gcc -Wall -W -c os.c
gcc -Wall -W -c output.c
gcc -Wall -W -c procfile.c
gcc -Wall -W -c stack.c
gcc -Wall -W -c strtool.c
gcc -Wall -W -c upcont.c
gcc -Wall -W -o makenl config.o crc16.o fileutil.o fts5.o lsttool.o makenl.o
merge.o mkdiff.o mklog.o msgtool.o os.o output.o procfile.o stack.o strtool.o
upcont.o -s
=== cut here.

ls -ltrh
[...lots of crap]
-rwxrwxr-x 1 bbs bbs  73K Oct 19 15:44 makenl <---- your new binary <g>

Let me know if you run into any problems...

Take care,
Janis

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