diff --git a/build_tools/make_svn_branch_name b/build_tools/make_svn_branch_name
index 484bef5853..b3af1492a1 100755
--- a/build_tools/make_svn_branch_name
+++ b/build_tools/make_svn_branch_name
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PARTS=`LANG=C svn info | grep URL | awk '{print $2;}' | sed -e s:^.*/svn/asteris
 BRANCH=0
 TEAM=0
 
-REV=`LANG=C svn info | grep -e 'Last Changed Rev' | awk '{print $4;}'`
+REV=`svnversion -c . | cut -d: -f2`
 
 if [ "${PARTS}" = "trunk" ]
 then
diff --git a/configs/sip.conf.sample b/configs/sip.conf.sample
index e95704a888..4d279aa9cc 100644
--- a/configs/sip.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/sip.conf.sample
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ srvlookup=yes			; Enable DNS SRV lookups on outbound calls
 ;registerattempts=10		; Number of registration attempts before we give up
 				; 0 = continue forever, hammering the other server until it 
 				; accepts the registration
-				; Default is 10 tries
+				; Default is 0 tries, continue forever
 ;callevents=no			; generate manager events when sip ua performs events (e.g. hold)
 
 ;----------------------------------------- NAT SUPPORT ------------------------
diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.gentoo.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.gentoo.asterisk
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.mandrake.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.mandrake.asterisk
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 5452fdda78..702de53dc6
--- a/contrib/init.d/rc.mandrake.asterisk
+++ b/contrib/init.d/rc.mandrake.asterisk
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ CONSOLE=yes		# Whether or not you want a console
 NOTIFY=root		# Who to notify about crashes
 DUMPDROP=/tmp
 HOSTNAME=`hostname`
-CONFIGFILE=/etc/sysconfig/`basename $0`
+if [ 0`readlink $0` = "0" ]; then
+	CONFIGFILE=/etc/sysconfig/`basename $0`
+else
+	CONFIG0=`readlink $0`
+	CONFIGFILE=/etc/sysconfig/`basename $CONFIG0`
+fi
 
 # Setup environment
 cd /usr/src
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ ulimit -c unlimited
 #{
 #}
 
-SIGMSG=("Hangup" "Interrupt" "Quit" "Illegal instruction" "Trace trap" "IOT Trap" "Bus Error" "Floating-point exception" "Killed" "User-defined signal 1" "Segmentation violation" "User-defined signal 2" "Broken pipe" "Alarm clock" "Termination" "Stack fault")
+SIGMSG=("None", "Hangup" "Interrupt" "Quit" "Illegal instruction" "Trace trap" "IOT Trap" "Bus Error" "Floating-point exception" "Killed" "User-defined signal 1" "Segmentation violation" "User-defined signal 2" "Broken pipe" "Alarm clock" "Termination" "Stack fault")
 
 run_asterisk()
 {
@@ -90,7 +95,7 @@ run_asterisk()
 			exit 0
 		elif [ $EXITSTATUS -gt 128 ]; then
 			EXITSIGNAL=$(($EXITSTATUS - 128))
-			EXITMSG=$SIGMSG[$EXITSIGNAL]
+			EXITMSG=${SIGMSG[$EXITSIGNAL]}
 			echo "Asterisk exited on signal $EXITSIGNAL - $EXITMSG."
 			if [ "$NOTIFY" != "" ]; then
 				echo "Asterisk exited on signal $EXITSIGNAL - $EXITMSG.  Might want to take a peek." | \
diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.mandrake.zaptel b/contrib/init.d/rc.mandrake.zaptel
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.redhat.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.redhat.asterisk
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.slackware.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.slackware.asterisk
old mode 100644
new mode 100755