diff --git a/MAINTENANCE b/MAINTENANCE
index a3ff1ec84f4d9fc93b1015432c4d9651eca1a7e3..7a7f21b4bd3cf2846b11982153790fd63ca43ccd 100644
--- a/MAINTENANCE
+++ b/MAINTENANCE
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ dani@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de
 I) Introduction and Maintenance
 ===============================
 
-The albert-x.x packages are now distributed using GNU autoconf 2.53, automake 1.6, and libtool 1.4.2. Since some unusual compilation was necessary, a few hints seemed like a good idea. Here is the general structure of the albert-1.1 packages:
+The albert-x.x packages are now distributed using GNU autoconf 2.53, automake 1.6, and libtool 1.4.2. Since some unusual compilation was necessary, a few hints seemed like a good idea. Here is the general structure of the albert-1.2 packages:
 
                  _________ ALBERT/ __________ src/ _______|--- 1d/
                 /                         \               |--- 2d/ 
                /__________ BLAS/           -- doc/        |--- 3d/
               /                                           |--- Common/
              /____________ DEMO/ __ src/ _______|--- 1d/  |--- ALBERT??_??/
-albert-x.x/ *                                   |--- 2d/  
+albert-1.2/ *                                   |--- 2d/  
              \____________ ALBERT_UTIL/         |--- 3d/
               \                                 |--- Common/
                \__________ PLOT_ANSI/ __ src/
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ The file "configure.ac" is processed by autoconf to create "configure". The scri
 II) Package contents
 ====================
 
-The following subpackages are included in albert-x.x:
+The following subpackages are included in albert-1.2:
 1) ALBERT
 The main package.
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ The next step is to adjust the desired libraries, especially the ALBERT librarie
 
 Step 3)
 Do "[g]make dist" at the top level.
-This creates albert-x.x.tar.gz in which all CVS-directories, ~-files, and other unnecessary components are stripped. To be a bit preciser:
+This creates albert-1.2.tar.gz in which all CVS-directories, ~-files, and other unnecessary components are stripped. To be a bit preciser:
 
 a) All sources and headers are included, of course.
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index b9f28ca29ac14cddb92b47d1d19d702792ce64f5..ce6dd18a3a2f60fa9596f27a577cade869cd65c2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ALBERT:   an Adaptive multi Level finite element toolbox using
 I) Introduction
 ===============
 
-This is ALBERT Version 1.1. For the installation process refer to INSTALL.
+This is ALBERT Version 1.2. For the installation process refer to INSTALL.
 Contained in the package are the following subpackages:
 
                  _________ ALBERT/ __________ src/ _______|--- 1d/
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ Contained in the package are the following subpackages:
                /__________ BLAS/           -- doc/        |--- 3d/
               /                                           |--- Common/
              /____________ DEMO/ __ src/ _______|--- 1d/  |--- ALBERT??_?/
-albert-1.1/ *                                   |--- 2d/  
+albert-1.2/ *                                   |--- 2d/  
              \____________ ALBERT_UTIL/         |--- 3d/
               \                                 |--- Common/
                \__________ PLOT_ANSI/ __ src/
                 \
                  \________ SOLVER/ __ src/
                   \
-                   \______ [gltools-2-3/] optional
+                   \______ [gltools-2-4/] optional
                     \
                      \____ configure.ac and other distribution
                            files
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ The configure file accepts an option called
 
  --with-gltools=PATH
 
-where PATH is the path of a gltools-2-3 directory possible installed on the system. The default value where gltools-2-3 is searched is the build directory.
+where PATH is the path of a gltools-2-4 directory possible installed on the system. The default value where gltools-2-4 is searched is the build directory.
 The default installation path is also the build directory. This can be changed via
 
   --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 440a8a84e6335a670cc52bb4bcea44bbd538a618..e3344e27a8813024933e29e8c910b2dc203326a9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
-AC_INIT([albert], [1.1], [dani@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de])
+AC_INIT([albert], [1.2], [dani@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([ALBERT/src/Common/albert.h])
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT([`pwd`])
 
 # Replace `main' with a function in -lm:
 AC_CHECK_LIB([m],[main],,
-             [AC_MSG_ERROR([no lm library, exiting...!])] )
+             [AC_MSG_ERROR([no math library, exiting...!])] )
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([alarm pow sqrt strdup strchr strstr],,
 	       [AC_MSG_ERROR([Sorry, these are needed..])])
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ case "$build" in
 esac
 
 case "$build_os" in
-*linux*)
+*linux*) AC_MSG_RESULT([Building on Linux system...])
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(g2c, main)
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(blas, main,,
-		[AC_MSG_WARN([Problems with libblas, also tried lg2c for Linux...])
+		[AC_MSG_WARN([Problems with libblas, also tried lg2c...])
 		make_own_blas_lib=libblas.la],
 		[-lg2c])
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(X11, main,,
@@ -127,26 +127,26 @@ LIBGLTOOLS_PRESENT=
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for libgltools.a])
 AC_ARG_WITH(gltools,
 [  --with-gltools=PATH     specify the absolute path of the gltools library],
-[if test -f $withval/gltools-2-3/libgltools.a; then
-	AC_MSG_RESULT([Found libgltools.a in specified directory $withval/gltools-2-3.])
-	gltools_include="-I$withval/gltools-2-3"
+[if test -f $withval/gltools-2-4/libgltools.a; then
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([Found libgltools.a in specified directory $withval/gltools-2-4.])
+	gltools_include="-I$withval/gltools-2-4"
 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBGLTOOLS,1,
-		  [Define to 1 if you have the `gltools-2-3' library (-lgltools)])
+		  [Define to 1 if you have the `gltools-2-4' library (-lgltools)])
 	
 	LIBGLTOOLS_PRESENT=1
-	LIBS="-L$withval/gltools-2-3 -lgltools $LIBS"
+	LIBS="-L$withval/gltools-2-4 -lgltools $LIBS"
 else
-	AC_MSG_RESULT([*** No libgltools.a found in $withval/gltools-2-3.])
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([*** No libgltools.a found in $withval/gltools-2-4.])
 fi],
-[if test -f ./gltools-2-3/libgltools.a; then
-	AC_MSG_RESULT([Found libgltools.a in default directory ./gltools-2-3])
-	gltools_include="-I`pwd`/gltools-2-3"
+[if test -f ./gltools-2-4/libgltools.a; then
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([Found libgltools.a in default directory ./gltools-2-4])
+	gltools_include="-I`pwd`/gltools-2-4"
 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBGLTOOLS,1,
-		  [Define to 1 if you have the `gltools-2-3' library (-lgltools)])
+		  [Define to 1 if you have the `gltools-2-4' library (-lgltools)])
 	LIBGLTOOLS_PRESENT=1
-	LIBS="-L`pwd`/gltools-2-3 -lgltools $LIBS"
+	LIBS="-L`pwd`/gltools-2-4 -lgltools $LIBS"
 else
-	AC_MSG_RESULT([*** No libgltools.a found in ./gltools-2-3])
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([*** No libgltools.a found in ./gltools-2-4])
 fi])
 
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