diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index bba9746..efd70cb 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 0.36
 	* fixed dd so it properly defaults to stdin and stdout when no 
 	    if= and of= are set (fix thanks to Eric Delaunay).
-	* Don't try to close the file descriptor of a pipe. (fix also from
+	* Don't try to close the file descriptor of a pipein tar. (fix also from
 	    Eric Delaunay).
 	* Made createPath be quiet (again thanks to Eric Delaunay).
 	* If BB_CONSOLE_CMD_IF_RC_SCRIPT_EXITS is defined, then whatever
 	    command you define it as will be run if the init script exits.
-	* Made createPath be quiet (again thanks to Eric Delaunay).
-	* Updated to install.sh to make it more robust (thanks to Adam Di Carlo)
+	* Updated install.sh to make it more robust (thanks to Adam Di Carlo)
 	* NFS support added to mount by Eric Delaunay.  It costs 10k when compiled
 	    in, but that is still a big win for those that use NFS.
 	* Made 'rm -f' be silent for non-existant files (thanks to Eric Delaunay).
@@ -15,9 +14,17 @@
 	    and acts as god intended gunzip and zcat to act.  They answer --help and
 	    obey the '-c' flag.
 	* Fixed a bug in mv which caused it to not move files when the destination
-	    was a directory name.
+	    was a directory.
+	* Fixed a decimal-instead-of-octal bug causing mkdir to make directories
+	    with very wrong permissions.
+	* chmod would overwrite file permissions instead of modifying them.
+	    Now it properly modifies permissions.
+	* Init now sends warnings destined for the console to /dev/console to ensure
+	    they show up on whatever the active console it.  Otherwise important
+	    messages (for example that the system is rebooting) were not seen when
+	    switched to a different VT.
 
-	-Erik Andersen
+	-Erik Andersen, Nov 17, 1999
 	
 0.35
 	* gzip now obeys the principle of least surprise and acts like god intended 
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index fcbeb8a..0bcb759 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -17,15 +17,362 @@
 mini-gzip(gzip), mini-netcat(mnc)
 Copyright 1998 Charles P. Wright <cpwright@villagenet.com>
 
-
-bunches of stuff as noted in header files
+Tons of new stuff as noted in header files
 Copyright (C) 1999 by Lineo, inc. and written by 
 Erik Andersen <andersen@lineo.com>, <andersee@debian.org>
 
-copyright and license info.
-
-This program suite may be distributed under the GNU General Public License.
 
 
-Please send patches, suggestions, insults, and bribes to <andersee@debian.org>.
+Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to:
+	Erik Andersen 
+	<andersen@lineo.com>
+	<andersee@deban.org>
+
+
+
+Busybox may be used and distributed under the GNU General Public License.
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 29a6cb0..d84bf02 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 PROG=busybox
-VERSION=0.35
+VERSION=0.36
 BUILDTIME=$(shell date "+%Y%m%d-%H%M")
 
 # Comment out the following to make a debuggable build
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@
 whichversion:
 	@echo $(VERSION)
 
+
+dist: release
+
 release: distclean
-	(cd .. ; cp -a busybox busybox-$(VERSION); tar -cvzf busybox-$(VERSION).tar.gz busybox-$(VERSION)) 
+	(cd .. ; rm -rf busybox-$(VERSION) ; cp -a busybox busybox-$(VERSION); rm -rf busybox-$(VERSION)/CVS busybox-$(VERSION)/.cvsignore ; tar -cvzf busybox-$(VERSION).tar.gz busybox-$(VERSION)) 
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index f4d642f..663a5d6 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 Please see the LICENSE file for copyright information.
 
-Busybox is a multicall binary used to provide a minimal subset of 
-POSIX style commands and specialized functions.
+BusyBox is a suite of "tiny" Unix utilities in a multi-call binary. It
+provides a pretty complete POSIX environment in a very small package.
+Just add a kernel, "ash" (Keith Almquists tiny Bourne shell clone), and
+an editor such as "elvis-tiny" or "ae", and you have a working system.
+Busybox was begun to support the Debian Rescue/Install disks, but it
+also makes an excellent environment for any small or embedded system.
 
-It is geared toward the very small, i.e. boot floppies, embedded-
-systems, etc. Specifically it is used in the Debian Rescue/Install
-system (which caused the original busybox to be made), the Linux Router
-Project, and others.
+As of version 0.20 there is a version number. : ) Also as of version
+0.20, BB is now modularized to easily allow you to build of only the
+BB parts you need, thereby reducing binary size. To turn off unwanted
+Busybox components, simply edit the file busybox.def.h and comment out
+the parts you do not need using C++ style (//) comments.
 
-As of version 0.20 there is a version number. : )
-Also as of version 0.20, BB is modularized to allow an easy build of
-only the BB parts you need, to reduce binary size.
+After the build is complete a busybox.links file is generated which is
+then used by 'make install' to create symlinks to the busybox binary
+for all compiled in functions.  By default, 'make install' will place
+the symlink forest into `pwd`/busybox_install unless you have defined
+the PREFIX environment variable.
 
-Edit the file busybox.def.h and comment out the parts you do not need
-using C++ comments (//)
+Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to:
+	Erik Andersen 
+	<andersen@lineo.com>
+	<andersee@deban.org>
 
-After the build is complete a busybox.links file is generated to allow
-you to easily make the sym/hard links to the busybox binary.
-
-Note the modular system is Makefile based, and purposely very
-simplistic. It does no dependency checking. That is left for you
-to figure out by trial and error.
-
-Please feed patches back to:
-	Erik Andersen <andersee@deban.org>
diff --git a/busybox.spec b/busybox.spec
index e3fbb6d..4a3ef65 100644
--- a/busybox.spec
+++ b/busybox.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: busybox
-Version: 0.35
+Version: 0.36
 Release: 1
 Group: System/Utilities
 Summary: BusyBox is a tiny suite of Unix utilities in a multi-call binary.
diff --git a/chmod_chown_chgrp.c b/chmod_chown_chgrp.c
index e9704ff..c9ea39b 100644
--- a/chmod_chown_chgrp.c
+++ b/chmod_chown_chgrp.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 static gid_t gid=-1;
 static int whichApp;
 static char* invocationName=NULL;
-static mode_t mode=0644;
+static char* theMode=NULL;
 
 
 #define CHGRP_APP   1
@@ -61,7 +61,12 @@
 	    }
 	    break;
 	case CHMOD_APP:
-	    if (chmod(fileName, mode) == 0)
+	    /* Parse the specified modes */
+	    if ( parse_mode(theMode, &(statbuf->st_mode)) == FALSE ) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: Unknown mode: %s\n", invocationName, theMode);
+		exit( FALSE);
+	    }
+	    if (chmod(fileName, statbuf->st_mode) == 0)
 		return( TRUE);
 	    break;
     }
@@ -100,12 +105,7 @@
     }
     
     if ( whichApp == CHMOD_APP ) {
-	/* Find the specified modes */
-	mode = 0;
-	if ( parse_mode(*argv, &mode) == FALSE ) {
-	    fprintf(stderr, "%s: Unknown mode: %s\n", invocationName, *argv);
-	    exit( FALSE);
-	}
+	theMode=*argv;
     } else {
 
 	/* Find the selected group */
diff --git a/coreutils/mkdir.c b/coreutils/mkdir.c
index 4c7ebed..28315ca 100644
--- a/coreutils/mkdir.c
+++ b/coreutils/mkdir.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 
 static int parentFlag = FALSE;
-static mode_t mode = 777;
+static mode_t mode = 0777;
 
 
 extern int mkdir_main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/examples/busybox.spec b/examples/busybox.spec
index e3fbb6d..4a3ef65 100644
--- a/examples/busybox.spec
+++ b/examples/busybox.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: busybox
-Version: 0.35
+Version: 0.36
 Release: 1
 Group: System/Utilities
 Summary: BusyBox is a tiny suite of Unix utilities in a multi-call binary.
diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index a3e8d67..f6e9eff 100644
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #include <sys/vt.h>		/* for vt_stat */
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
-#define VT_CONSOLE      "/dev/console"	/* Logical system console */
+#define DEV_CONSOLE      "/dev/console"	/* Logical system console */
 #define VT_PRIMARY      "/dev/tty1"	/* Primary virtual console */
 #define VT_SECONDARY    "/dev/tty2"	/* Virtual console */
 #define VT_LOG          "/dev/tty3"	/* Virtual console */
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 #define LOG             0x1
 #define CONSOLE         0x2
-static char *console = VT_CONSOLE;
+static char *console = DEV_CONSOLE;
 static char *second_console = VT_SECONDARY;
 static char *log = VT_LOG;
 static int kernel_version = 0;
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@
 	va_end(arguments);
     }
     if (device & CONSOLE) {
-	if ((fd = device_open(console, O_WRONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_NDELAY)) >= 0) {
+	/* Always send console messages to /dev/console so people will see them. */
+	if ((fd = device_open(DEV_CONSOLE, O_WRONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_NDELAY)) >= 0) {
 	    va_start(arguments, fmt);
 	    vdprintf(fd, fmt, arguments);
 	    va_end(arguments);
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@
 	    /* this is linux virtual tty */
 	    snprintf( the_console, sizeof the_console, "/dev/tty%d", vt.v_active );
 	} else {
-	    console = VT_CONSOLE;
+	    console = DEV_CONSOLE;
 	    tried_devcons++;
 	}
     }
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@
 	/* Can't open selected console -- try /dev/console */
 	if (!tried_devcons) {
 	    tried_devcons++;
-	    console = VT_CONSOLE;
+	    console = DEV_CONSOLE;
 	    continue;
 	}
 	/* Can't open selected console -- try vt1 */
diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index a3e8d67..f6e9eff 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #include <sys/vt.h>		/* for vt_stat */
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
-#define VT_CONSOLE      "/dev/console"	/* Logical system console */
+#define DEV_CONSOLE      "/dev/console"	/* Logical system console */
 #define VT_PRIMARY      "/dev/tty1"	/* Primary virtual console */
 #define VT_SECONDARY    "/dev/tty2"	/* Virtual console */
 #define VT_LOG          "/dev/tty3"	/* Virtual console */
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 #define LOG             0x1
 #define CONSOLE         0x2
-static char *console = VT_CONSOLE;
+static char *console = DEV_CONSOLE;
 static char *second_console = VT_SECONDARY;
 static char *log = VT_LOG;
 static int kernel_version = 0;
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@
 	va_end(arguments);
     }
     if (device & CONSOLE) {
-	if ((fd = device_open(console, O_WRONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_NDELAY)) >= 0) {
+	/* Always send console messages to /dev/console so people will see them. */
+	if ((fd = device_open(DEV_CONSOLE, O_WRONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_NDELAY)) >= 0) {
 	    va_start(arguments, fmt);
 	    vdprintf(fd, fmt, arguments);
 	    va_end(arguments);
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@
 	    /* this is linux virtual tty */
 	    snprintf( the_console, sizeof the_console, "/dev/tty%d", vt.v_active );
 	} else {
-	    console = VT_CONSOLE;
+	    console = DEV_CONSOLE;
 	    tried_devcons++;
 	}
     }
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@
 	/* Can't open selected console -- try /dev/console */
 	if (!tried_devcons) {
 	    tried_devcons++;
-	    console = VT_CONSOLE;
+	    console = DEV_CONSOLE;
 	    continue;
 	}
 	/* Can't open selected console -- try vt1 */
diff --git a/mkdir.c b/mkdir.c
index 4c7ebed..28315ca 100644
--- a/mkdir.c
+++ b/mkdir.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 
 static int parentFlag = FALSE;
-static mode_t mode = 777;
+static mode_t mode = 0777;
 
 
 extern int mkdir_main(int argc, char **argv)