diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e6502d6..26e650d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.141
+1.5.142
diff --git a/base/flatten.c b/base/flatten.c
index 96bfdce..bae43f5 100644
--- a/base/flatten.c
+++ b/base/flatten.c
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ struct nlist *cleanuppins(struct hashlist *p, void *clientdata)
           while (ob && obt && (ob->type > FIRSTPIN || ob == firstpin) &&
 			ob->model.class != NULL) {
 	     nob = ob->next;
-	     if ((obt->type == PORT) && (obt->node == -1)) {
+	     if ((obt->type == PORT) && (obt->node == -2)) {
 
 	        /* Remove this pin */
 
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ int CleanupPins(char *name, int filenum)
 
    for (ob = ThisCell->cell; ob != NULL; ob = ob->next) {
       if (ob->type != PORT) break;
-      if (ob->node == -1) {
+      if (ob->node == -2) {
 	 needscleanup = 1;
 	 break;
       }
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ int CleanupPins(char *name, int filenum)
       }
       else if (ob->type != PORT) break;
       nob = ob->next;
-      if (ob->node == -1) {
+      if (ob->node == -2) {
 	 if (lob == NULL) {
 	    ThisCell->cell = ob->next;
 	 }
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ PrematchLists(char *name1, int file1, char *name2, int file2)
 	/* (it without regard to cell1) improves the matching.	*/
 
 	else if ((ecomp->num1 != ecomp->num2) && (ecomp->cell2 != NULL) &&
-			(ecomp->cell2->class == CLASS_SUBCKT)) {
+			(ecomp->num2 != 0) && (ecomp->cell2->class == CLASS_SUBCKT)) {
 	    ecomp->add2 = -ecomp->num2;
 	    match = 1;
 	    for (ob2 = ecomp->cell2->cell; ob2; ob2 = ob2->next) {
@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ PrematchLists(char *name1, int file1, char *name2, int file2)
 	/* (it without regard to cell1) improves the matching.	*/
 
 	else if ((ecomp->num1 != ecomp->num2) && (ecomp->cell1 != NULL) &&
-			(ecomp->cell1->class == CLASS_SUBCKT)) {
+			(ecomp->num1 != 0) && (ecomp->cell1->class == CLASS_SUBCKT)) {
 	    ecomp->add1 = -ecomp->num1;
 	    match = 1;
 	    for (ob2 = ecomp->cell1->cell; ob2; ob2 = ob2->next) {
diff --git a/base/netcmp.c b/base/netcmp.c
index c2e8cfa..34c43f9 100644
--- a/base/netcmp.c
+++ b/base/netcmp.c
@@ -6729,7 +6729,7 @@ int MatchPins(struct nlist *tc1, struct nlist *tc2, int dolist)
 			/* Make a pass through circuit 1 to find out if	*/
 			/* the pin really is connected to anything, or	*/
 			/* has been left orphaned after flattening.  If	*/
-			/* disconnected, set its node number to -1.	*/
+			/* disconnected, set its node number to -2.	*/
 
 			for (obt = ob1->next; obt; obt = obt->next) {
 			   if (obt->type >= FIRSTPIN)
@@ -6737,7 +6737,7 @@ int MatchPins(struct nlist *tc1, struct nlist *tc2, int dolist)
 				 break;
 			}
 			if (obt == NULL) {
-			   ob1->node = -1;	// Will run this through cleanuppins
+			   ob1->node = -2;	// Will run this through cleanuppins
 			   needclean1 = 1;
 			}
 		     }
@@ -6884,7 +6884,7 @@ int MatchPins(struct nlist *tc1, struct nlist *tc2, int dolist)
 		  break;
 	 }
 	 if (obt == NULL) {
-	    ob2->node = -1;	// Will run this through cleanuppins
+	    ob2->node = -2;	// Will run this through cleanuppins
 	    needclean2 = 1;
 	    continue;
 	 }
@@ -6986,6 +6986,7 @@ int MatchPins(struct nlist *tc1, struct nlist *tc2, int dolist)
       else if (ob1 != NULL && ob1->type == PORT) {
 	 /* Disconnected node was not meaningful, has no pin match in	*/
 	 /* the compared circuit, and so should be discarded.		*/
+	 ob1->node = -2;
 	 needclean1 = 1;
 
 	 /* Adjust numbering around removed node */
diff --git a/base/netfile.c b/base/netfile.c
index cf299a9..9413148 100644
--- a/base/netfile.c
+++ b/base/netfile.c
@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@ char *strdtok(char *pstring, char *delim1, char *delim2)
     /* accordingly (needs to be done).						*/
 
     if (*s == '\\') {
+        s++;
         while (*s != '\0') {
 	    if ((*s == ' ') || (*s == '\\')) {
 		s++;
diff --git a/base/query.c b/base/query.c
index f59b7f0..8517d80 100644
--- a/base/query.c
+++ b/base/query.c
@@ -801,9 +801,12 @@ void DescribeInstance(char *name, int file)
   {
     if (ob->node > nodemax) nodemax = ob->node;
     else if ((ob->node == -1) && (ob->model.port != PROXY)) {
-      if (disconnectednodes == 0) Fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-      disconnectednodes++;
-      Fprintf(stderr, "Cell %s disconnected node: %s\n", tp->name, ob->name);
+      if (!(tp->flags & CELL_PLACEHOLDER))
+      {
+	if (disconnectednodes == 0) Fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+        disconnectednodes++;
+        Fprintf(stderr, "Cell %s disconnected node: %s\n", tp->name, ob->name);
+      }
     }
   }
   instlist = (unsigned char *) CALLOC((nodemax + 1), sizeof(unsigned char));
diff --git a/base/verilog.c b/base/verilog.c
index fe4c979..ccecf45 100644
--- a/base/verilog.c
+++ b/base/verilog.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ int GetBusTok(struct bus *wb)
 
 int GetBus(char *astr, struct bus *wb)
 {
-    char *colonptr, *brackstart, *brackend, *sigend, sdelim;
+    char *colonptr, *brackstart, *brackend, *sigend, sdelim, *aastr;
     int result, start, end;
 
     if (wb == NULL) return 0;
@@ -325,15 +325,22 @@ int GetBus(char *astr, struct bus *wb)
 	return 0;
     }
 
-    brackstart = strchr(astr, '[');
+    // Delimiters may appear in backslash-escaped names. . . ignore these.
+    aastr = astr;
+    if (*aastr == '\\') {
+	aastr++;
+	while (*aastr != ' ' && *aastr != '\\' && *aastr != '\0') aastr++;
+    }
+
+    brackstart = strchr(aastr, '[');
     if (brackstart != NULL) {
-	brackend = strchr(astr, ']');
+	brackend = strchr(aastr, ']');
 	if (brackend == NULL) {
 	    Printf("Badly formed array notation \"%s\"\n", astr);
 	    return 1;
 	}
 	*brackend = '\0';
-	colonptr = strchr(astr, ':');
+	colonptr = strchr(aastr, ':');
 	if (colonptr) *colonptr = '\0';
 	result = sscanf(brackstart + 1, "%d", &start);
 	if (colonptr) *colonptr = ':';
diff --git a/tcltk/tclnetgen.c b/tcltk/tclnetgen.c
index 0062d07..96a6e03 100644
--- a/tcltk/tclnetgen.c
+++ b/tcltk/tclnetgen.c
@@ -2959,15 +2959,31 @@ _netcmp_equate(ClientData clientData,
 
       case PINS_IDX:
 	 if ((ElementClasses == NULL) && (auto_blackbox == FALSE)) {
-	    if (CurrentCell == NULL)
+	    if (CurrentCell == NULL) {
 		Fprintf(stderr, "Equate elements:  no current cell.\n");
-	    Fprintf(stderr, "Equate pins:  cell %s and/or %s has no elements.\n",
-			name1, name2);
-	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewBooleanObj(0));
-	    return TCL_OK;
+		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewBooleanObj(0));
+		return TCL_OK;
+	    }
+	    else if ((tp1->flags & CELL_PLACEHOLDER) ||
+			(tp2->flags & CELL_PLACEHOLDER)) {
+		if (tp1->flags & CELL_PLACEHOLDER) {
+		    Fprintf(stdout, "Warning: Equate pins:  cell %s "
+			"has no definition, treated as a black box.\n", name1);
+		}
+		if (tp2->flags & CELL_PLACEHOLDER) {
+		    Fprintf(stdout, "Warning: Equate pins:  cell %s "
+			"has no definition, treated as a black box.\n", name2);
+		}
+	    }
+	    else {
+		Fprintf(stdout, "Equate pins:  cell %s and/or %s "
+			"has no elements.\n", name1, name2);
+		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewBooleanObj(0));
+		return TCL_OK;
+	    }
 	 }
-	 else if (ElementClasses == NULL) {
-	    /* This has been called outside of a netlist compare,	*/
+	 if (ElementClasses == NULL) {
+	    /* This may have been called outside of a netlist compare,	*/
 	    /* probably to force name matching of pins on black-box	*/
 	    /* devices.  But MatchPins only works if tp1 == Circuit1	*/
 	    /* and tp2 == Circuit2, so preserve these values and 	*/