Ummm...guys...When you remove local definitions of something, make sure 
the code knows it...

cc -O -DSHELL -I. 
-I/tmp_mnt/storm164/usr/local/scratch/thorpej/NetBSD-current/src/bin/sh   
-c 
/tmp_mnt/storm164/usr/local/scratch/thorpej/NetBSD-current/src/bin/sh/output.c
cc  -static -o sh init.o builtins.o cd.o dirent.o echo.o error.o eval.o 
exec.o expand.o input.o jobs.o mail.o main.o memalloc.o miscbltin.o 
mystring.o nodes.o options.o parser.o redir.o show.o syntax.o trap.o 
output.o var.o 
exec.o: Undefined symbol _mystrchr referenced from text segment
exec.o: Undefined symbol _mybcopy referenced from text segment
exec.o: Undefined symbol _mystrchr referenced from text segment
expand.o: Undefined symbol _mystrchr referenced from text segment
expand.o: Undefined symbol _mystrchr referenced from text segment
expand.o: Undefined symbol _mystrchr referenced from text segment
jobs.o: Undefined symbol _mybcopy referenced from text segment
main.o: Undefined symbol _mystrchr referenced from text segment
memalloc.o: Undefined symbol _mybcopy referenced from text segment
miscbltin.o: Undefined symbol _mystrchr referenced from text segment
miscbltin.o: Undefined symbol _mystrchr referenced from text segment
options.o: Undefined symbol _mystrchr referenced from text segment
parser.o: More undefined symbol _mystrchr refs follow
parser.o: Undefined symbol _mybcopy referenced from text segment
parser.o: Undefined symbol _mybcopy referenced from text segment
parser.o: Undefined symbol _mybcopy referenced from text segment
var.o: Undefined symbol _mybcopy referenced from text segment
var.o: Undefined symbol _mybcopy referenced from text segment
*** Error code 1

Later...

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