4.9-RC of a cvsup of 5 minutes ago. --- make kernel --- Warning: Object directory not changed from original /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ FREEBSD cc -O -pipe -nostdinc -I/usr/include -I. -I/usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aicasm -D__FBSDID=__RCSID -c /usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aicasm/aicasm.c cc -O -pipe -nostdinc -I/usr/include -I. -I/usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aicasm -D__FBSDID=__RCSID -c /usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aicasm/aicasm_symbol.c cc -O -pipe -nostdinc -I/usr/include -I. -I/usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aicasm -D__FBSDID=__RCSID -c aicasm_gram.c cc -O -pipe -nostdinc -I/usr/include -I. -I/usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aicasm -D__FBSDID=__RCSID -c aicasm_macro_gram.c cc -O -pipe -nostdinc -I/usr/include -I. -I/usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aicasm -D__FBSDID=__RCSID -c aicasm_scan.c cc -O -pipe -nostdinc -I/usr/include -I. -I/usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aicasm -D__FBSDID=__RCSID -c aicasm_macro_scan.c cc -O -pipe -nostdinc -I/usr/include -I. -I/usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aicasm -D__FBSDID=__RCSID -o aicasm aicasm.o aicasm_symbol.o aicasm_gram.o aicasm_macro_gram.o aicasm_scan.o aicasm_macro_scan.o -ll cd /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FREEBSD; MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj MACHINE_ARCH=i386 MACHINE=i386 OBJFORMAT_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/libexec PERL5LIB=/ usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/libdata/perl/5.00503 GROFF_BIN_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/ src/i386/usr/bin GROFF_FONT_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/share/groff_font GROFF_TMAC_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/share/tmac DESTDIR=/usr/obj/usr/ src/i386 INSTALL="sh /usr/src/tools/install.sh" PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/ usr/sbin:/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/bin:/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/games:/ sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin OBJFORMAT_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/ libexec:/usr/libexec make KERNEL=kernel depend cc -c -O -pipe -Wall -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline -Wcast-qual -fformat-extensions -ansi -nostdinc -I- -I. -I/usr/src/sys -I/usr/src/ sys/../include -I/usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica -I/usr/src/sys/contrib/ ipfilter -D_KERNEL -include opt_global.h -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 /usr/ src/sys/i386/i386/genassym.c sh /usr/src/sys/kern/genassym.sh genassym.o > assym.s awk: cmd. line:3: sign = substr($1, length($1) - 3, 4) awk: cmd. line:3: ^ syntax error awk: cmd. line:3: fatal: substr() cannot have 0 arguments *** Error code 2 Stop in /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FREEBSD. *** Error code 1 --> end <-- The kernel file built fine on older 4.x . Thanks for any input.