diff --git a/src/cmd/6l/go.c b/src/cmd/6l/go.c
index 06eea3407a..10ebe3fdbb 100644
--- a/src/cmd/6l/go.c
+++ b/src/cmd/6l/go.c
@@ -455,13 +455,13 @@ definetypesigs(void)
 	n = 0;
 	for(i=0; i<NHASH; i++)
 		for(x = hash[i]; x; x=x->link)
-			if(memcmp(x->name, "sigt·", 6) == 0)
+			if(memcmp(x->name, "sigt·", 6) == 0 && x->type != Sxxx)
 				n++;
 	all = mal(n*sizeof all[0]);
 	j = 0;
 	for(i=0; i<NHASH; i++)
 		for(x = hash[i]; x; x=x->link)
-			if(memcmp(x->name, "sigt·", 6) == 0)
+			if(memcmp(x->name, "sigt·", 6) == 0 && x->type != Sxxx)
 				all[j++] = x;
 
 	// sort them by name
@@ -488,5 +488,4 @@ definetypesigs(void)
 
 	if(debug['v'])
 		Bprint(&bso, "%5.2f typesigs %d\n", cputime(), n);
-
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/6l/obj.c b/src/cmd/6l/obj.c
index 8ecb035b40..a250f1c45c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/6l/obj.c
+++ b/src/cmd/6l/obj.c
@@ -1063,8 +1063,11 @@ loop:
 		// If we've seen an AGLOBL that said this sym was DUPOK,
 		// ignore any more ADATA we see, which must be
 		// redefinitions.
-		if(p->from.sym != S && p->from.sym->dupok)
+		if(p->from.sym != S && p->from.sym->dupok) {
+			if(debug['v'])
+				Bprint(&bso, "skipping %s in %s: dupok", p->from.sym->name, pn);
 			goto loop;
+		}
 		if(edatap == P)
 			datap = p;
 		else
@@ -1083,7 +1086,7 @@ loop:
 		if(ntext++ == 0 && s->type != 0 && s->type != SXREF) {
 			/* redefinition, so file has probably been seen before */
 			if(debug['v'])
-				diag("skipping: %s: redefinition: %s", pn, s->name);
+				Bprint(&bso, "skipping: %s: redefinition: %s", pn, s->name);
 			return;
 		}
 		if(curtext != P) {
@@ -1260,6 +1263,8 @@ lookup(char *symb, int v)
 			return s;
 
 	s = mal(sizeof(*s));
+	if(debug['v'] > 1)
+		Bprint(&bso, "lookup %s\n", symb);
 
 	s->name = malloc(l + 1);
 	memmove(s->name, symb, l);