diff --git a/nc-config.in b/nc-config.in
index 590f421ce..95ea06bec 100644
--- a/nc-config.in
+++ b/nc-config.in
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ includedir=${prefix}/include
 cc="@CC@"
 cxx="@CXX@"
 fc="@FC@"
-cflags=" -I${includedir}"
+cflags=" -I${includedir} @EXTERN_CPPFLAGS@" 
 fflags="@FFLAGS@ @MOD_FLAG@${includedir}"
-libs="-L${libdir} @NC_LIBS@"
+libs="-L${libdir} @NC_LIBS@ @EXTERN_LDFLAGS@"
 flibs="-L${libdir} @NC_FLIBS@"
 has_dap="@HAS_DAP@"
 has_nc2="@HAS_NC2@"
diff --git a/nc_test4/bm_many_atts.c b/nc_test4/bm_many_atts.c
index b7385ad7e..974d81eae 100644
--- a/nc_test4/bm_many_atts.c
+++ b/nc_test4/bm_many_atts.c
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /*
 Copyright 2010, UCAR/Unidata
 See COPYRIGHT file for copying and redistribution conditions.
diff --git a/nc_test4/tst_h_many_atts.c b/nc_test4/tst_h_many_atts.c
index a10c390f3..e6476c862 100644
--- a/nc_test4/tst_h_many_atts.c
+++ b/nc_test4/tst_h_many_atts.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int
 main()
 {
    printf("\n*** Checking many attributes in HDF5 file.\n");
-   printf("*** Checking some more simple atts...");
+   printf("*** Checking some more simple atts...\n");
    {
 #define NUM_ATTS 10000
       hid_t fcpl_id, hdfid, grpid;
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ main()
 				  H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT)) < 0) ERR;
 	 if (H5Awrite(attid1, H5T_NATIVE_INT, &one) < 0) ERR;
 /*	 if (H5Aclose(attid1) < 0) ERR;*/
-	 if(i % 1000 == 0) 
+	 if((i + 1) % 1000 == 0) 
 	 {		/* only print every 1000th attribute name */
 	    if (gettimeofday(&end_time, NULL)) ERR;
 	    if (timeval_subtract(&diff_time, &end_time, &start_time)) ERR;
 	    sec = diff_time.tv_sec + 1.0e-6 * diff_time.tv_usec;
-	    printf("%i\t%.3g sec\n", i, sec);
+	    printf("%i\t%.3g sec\n", i + 1, sec);
 	 }
       }