diff --git a/MAINTENANCE b/MAINTENANCE
index 35e6cb51761045dac3ab4e7f27bb8ebff0722fa6..e109d1ccc5fb99d13926b21c32702df2dce57d52 100644
--- a/MAINTENANCE
+++ b/MAINTENANCE
@@ -8,34 +8,34 @@ claus@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de
 I) Introduction and Maintenance
 ===============================
 
-The alberta-2.0 package is currently distributed using GNU "autoconf 2.59",
-"automake 1.9.1", and "libtool 1.5.8". Since some unusual compilation was
+The alberta-2.0 package is currently distributed using GNU "autoconf 2.60",
+"automake 1.9.6", and "libtool 1.5.22". Since some unusual compilation was
 necessary, a few hints seemed like a good idea. Here is the general
-structure of the alberta-2.0 packages:
-
-                 __________ alberta/ __________ src/ _______|--- 1d/
-                /                          \                |--- 2d/ 
-               /                            -- doc/         |--- 3d/
-              /                                             |--- Common/
-             /_____________ demo/ __ src/ _______|--- 1d/   |--- alberta*/
-alberta-2.0 /                                    |--- 2d/  
-            \                                    |--- 3d/
-             \                                   |--- Common/
-              \                           
-               \__________ alberta_util/ ___ src/
-                \
+structure of the alberta2-2.0 packages:
+
+                  __________ alberta/ __________ src/ _______|--- 1d/
+                 /                          \                |--- 2d/ 
+                /                            -- doc/         |--- 3d/
+               /                                             |--- Common/
+              /_____________ demo/ __ src/ _______|--- 1d/   |--- alberta*/
+alberta2-2.0 /                                    |--- 2d/  
+             \                                    |--- 3d/
+              \                                   |--- Common/
+               \                           
+                \__________ alberta_util/ ___ src/
                  \
-                  \_______ add_ons/ ---- GRAPE/ __ mesh/ ____|--- 2d/
-                   \               \                         |--- 3d/
-                    \               \                        |--- Common/
-                     \               \
-	              \               - MESHTV/ ___|--- 1d/
-		       \                           |--- 2d/ 
-		        \                          |--- 3d/
-		         \                         |--- Common/
-                          \
-                           \_ configure.ac and other distribution
-                              files
+                  \
+                   \_______ add_ons/ ---- GRAPE/ __ mesh/ ____|--- 2d/
+                    \               \                         |--- 3d/
+                     \               \                        |--- Common/
+                      \               \
+	               \               - MESHTV/ ___|--- 1d/
+		        \                           |--- 2d/ 
+		         \                          |--- 3d/
+		          \                         |--- Common/
+                           \
+                            \_ configure.ac and other distribution
+                               files
 
 
 We keep track of the "Makefile.am"s, which are processed by automake
diff --git a/README b/README
index a5e2eedb7b0213b2d497b6c756e3a8dc5bc994e1..1dde6b66b0f0d0bc781f5ae44aae35066d129919 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -46,29 +46,29 @@ ALBERTA.
 The directory layout 
 Contained in the package are the following sub-packages:
 
-                 __________ alberta/ __________ src/ _______|--- 1d/
-                /                          \                |--- 2d/ 
-               /                            -- doc/         |--- 3d/
-              /                                             |--- Common/
-             /_____________ demo/ __ src/ _______|--- 1d/   |--- alberta*/
-alberta-2.0 /                                    |--- 2d/  
-            \                                    |--- 3d/
-             \                                   |--- Common/
-              \                           
-               \__________ alberta_util/ ___ src/
-                \
+                  __________ alberta/ __________ src/ _______|--- 1d/
+                 /                          \                |--- 2d/ 
+                /                            -- doc/         |--- 3d/
+               /                                             |--- Common/
+              /_____________ demo/ __ src/ _______|--- 1d/   |--- alberta*/
+alberta2-2.0 /                                    |--- 2d/  
+             \                                    |--- 3d/
+              \                                   |--- Common/
+               \                           
+                \__________ alberta_util/ ___ src/
                  \
-                  \_______ add_ons/ ---- grape/ __ mesh/ ____|--- 2d/
-                   \               \                         |--- 3d/
-                    \               \                        |--- Common/
-                     \               \
-	              \___            - meshtv/ ___|--- 1d/
-		       \                           |--- 2d/ 
-		        \                          |--- 3d/
-		         \                         |--- Common/
-                          \
-                           \_ configure.ac and other distribution
-                              files
+                  \
+                   \_______ add_ons/ ---- grape/ __ mesh/ ____|--- 2d/
+                    \               \                         |--- 3d/
+                     \               \                        |--- Common/
+                      \               \
+	               \___            - meshtv/ ___|--- 1d/
+		        \                           |--- 2d/ 
+		         \                          |--- 3d/
+		          \                         |--- Common/
+                           \
+                            \_ configure.ac and other distribution
+                               files
 
 1) alberta
 The main package.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c9cc82b411b81f84346c78f6cffd91ab3c4be2f5..85287900520bca1e72c9e7a41ca9053356b5fa70 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-AC_PREREQ(2.52)
+AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 AC_INIT([alberta2], [2.0], [claus@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de,koester@math.uni-augsburg.de])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([alberta/src/Common/alberta.h])