diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..368697a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+IOR NEWS
+========
+
+Last updated 2017-06
+
+3.0.2
+
+- IOR and mdtest now share a common codebase. This will make it easier
+run performance benchmarks on new hardware.
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 169024e..a0703d7 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-set -x
-aclocal -I config || exit 1
-#libtoolize --automake --copy --force || exit 1
-autoheader || exit 1
-automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing --foreign || exit 1
-#autoconf --force --warnings=all || exit 1
-autoconf --force || exit 1
-rm -fr autom4te*.cache
-exit 0
+autoreconf -ivf
diff --git a/config/x_ac_meta.m4 b/config/x_ac_meta.m4
index e446695..3f9aec9 100755
--- a/config/x_ac_meta.m4
+++ b/config/x_ac_meta.m4
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 #    Read metadata from the META file.
 ##*****************************************************************************
 
+m4_define([META_FILE], m4_include([META]))
+m4_define([META_PACKAGE_NAME], regexp(META_FILE, [^Package:\s*\(.*\)], [\1]))
+m4_define([META_PACKAGE_VERSION], regexp(META_FILE, [^Version:\s*\(.*\)$], [\1]))
+
 AC_DEFUN([X_AC_META], [
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([metadata])
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 159cb4c..a21d810 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.62])
-AC_INIT
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([config])
+
+AC_INIT([META_PACKAGE_NAME],[META_PACKAGE_VERSION],[],[META_PACKAGE_NAME])
+
 X_AC_META
+
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/ior.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([src/config.h])
@@ -11,7 +15,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADER([src/config.h])
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
 # Automake support
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([$META_NAME], [$META_VERSION], [check-news dist-bzip2 gnu no-define])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([check-news dist-bzip2 gnu no-define])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 # Checks for programs.