All libraries and applications were being linked against libnsl,
but it was not being used anywhere.

--- a/aconfigure
+++ b/aconfigure
@@ -4085,51 +4085,6 @@ _ACEOF
 
 fi
 
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for puts in -lnsl" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for puts in -lnsl... " >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_lib_nsl_puts+set}" = set; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lnsl  $LIBS"
-cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
-   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
-   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C"
-#endif
-char puts ();
-int
-main ()
-{
-return puts ();
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  ac_cv_lib_nsl_puts=yes
-else
-  ac_cv_lib_nsl_puts=no
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_nsl_puts" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_nsl_puts" >&6; }
-if test "x$ac_cv_lib_nsl_puts" = x""yes; then :
-  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define HAVE_LIBNSL 1
-_ACEOF
-
-  LIBS="-lnsl $LIBS"
-
-fi
-
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for sin in -lm" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for sin in -lm... " >&6; }
 if test "${ac_cv_lib_m_sin+set}" = set; then :
--- a/aconfigure.ac
+++ b/aconfigure.ac
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(ole32,puts)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(winmm,puts)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(socket,puts)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(rt,puts)
-AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl,puts)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(m,sin)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(uuid,uuid_generate)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(uuid,uuid_generate,[ac_has_uuid_lib=1])
