diff --git a/alliance/src/distrib/alliance-fedora.spec b/alliance/src/distrib/alliance-fedora.spec
index 4e5d0087..25a25901 100644
--- a/alliance/src/distrib/alliance-fedora.spec
+++ b/alliance/src/distrib/alliance-fedora.spec
@@ -138,10 +138,6 @@ pushd documentation/tutorials
 popd
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# fixing flex and bison update on rawhide
-#sed -i '30i\#include \"string.h\"' ocp/src/placer/Ocp.cpp ocp/src/placer/PPlacement.h
-#sed -i '18i\#include \"bvl_bcomp_y.h\"' bvl/src/bvl_bcomp_y.y
-
 # make sure the man pages are UTF-8...
 for nonUTF8 in FAQ README LICENCE distrib/doc/alc_origin.1 alcban/man1/alcbanner.1 \
                loon/doc/loon.1 m2e/doc/man1/m2e.1 boog/doc/boog.1 ; do
@@ -173,6 +169,7 @@ find documentation/tutorials/ \
 
 export ALLIANCE_TOP=%{prefix}
 
+# must run autotools before it does itself and fail
 aclocal -I .
 libtoolize --force --copy
 automake --add-missing --foreign
@@ -208,8 +205,8 @@ sed -i -e 's! -shared ! -Wl,--as-needed\0!g' libtool
 pushd %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/profile.d
   chmod 0644 alc_env.*
   sed -i "s|@DATE@|`date`|" alc_env*
-  sed "s|ALLIANCE_TOP *= *\([^;]*\)|ALLIANCE_TOP=%{prefix}|" alc_env.sh
-  sed "s|setenv *ALLIANCE_TOP *\([^;]*\)|setenv ALLIANCE_TOP %{prefix}|" alc_env.csh
+  sed "s|ALLIANCE_TOP *= *\([^;]*\)|ALLIANCE_TOP=%{_prefix}|" alc_env.sh
+  sed "s|setenv *ALLIANCE_TOP *\([^;]*\)|setenv ALLIANCE_TOP %{_prefix}|" alc_env.csh
 popd
 
 
@@ -236,8 +233,7 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 
 # Adding icons for the menus
 %{__mkdir} -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/
-%{__cp} -p distrib/*.png \
-    %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/
+%{__cp} -p distrib/*.png %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/
 
 
 # desktop files with enhanced menu from electronics-menu now on Fedora
@@ -250,7 +246,9 @@ done
 
 
 # Architecture independent files
-%{__mv} %{buildroot}%{prefix}/bin             %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
+%{__mkdir} -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}
+%{__mkdir} -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
+%{__mv} %{buildroot}%{prefix}/bin/*           %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
 %{__mv} %{buildroot}%{prefix}/cells           %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/
 %{__mv} %{buildroot}%{prefix}%{_sysconfdir}/* %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}
 rmdir   %{buildroot}%{prefix}%{_sysconfdir}
diff --git a/alliance/src/distrib/etc/alc_env.sh.in b/alliance/src/distrib/etc/alc_env.sh.in
index d13cd642..0cd9b4c1 100644
--- a/alliance/src/distrib/etc/alc_env.sh.in
+++ b/alliance/src/distrib/etc/alc_env.sh.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #  Alliance CAD system environnement
 #  Usage (in Bourne-shell) : > . alc_env.sh
 #  (C) 1997 Czo  -- <Olivier.Sirol@lip6.fr>
-#  $Id: alc_env.sh.in,v 1.10 2011/02/06 14:37:33 jpc Exp $
+#  $Id: alc_env.sh.in,v 1.11 2011/02/10 11:33:46 jpc Exp $
 #  Generated from alc_env.sh.in on @DATE@
 
 # $ALLIANCE_OS and $ALLIANCE_TOP are the only variables you will
@@ -98,4 +98,4 @@
  fi
  
 # fixing *** ERROR *** : Variable MBK_SPI_MODEL not found.
- MBK_SPI_MODEL=$ALLIANCE_TOP/etc/spimodel.cfg;      export MBK_SPI_MODEL
+ MBK_SPI_MODEL=$SYSCONF_TOP/spimodel.cfg;      export MBK_SPI_MODEL
diff --git a/alliance/src/documentation/alliance-run/Makefile b/alliance/src/documentation/alliance-run/Makefile
index 13e6dff1..0c09c55d 100644
--- a/alliance/src/documentation/alliance-run/Makefile
+++ b/alliance/src/documentation/alliance-run/Makefile
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
  STANDART_PATH = PATH=$(STANDART_BIN); export PATH
 
 # Standart Alliance binary access paths.
- ALLIANCE_BIN  = $(ALLIANCE_TOP)/bin
- 
-ALLIANCE_EXAMPLES=/usr/share/doc/alliance-doc-5.0/alliance-examples
+ ALLIANCE_BIN  = /usr/bin
+ SYSCONF_TOP   = /etc/alliance
+ CELLS_TOP     = /usr/share/alliance/cells
+
+ ALLIANCE_EXAMPLES = /usr/share/doc/alliance-doc-5.0/alliance-examples
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Standarts binaries.
@@ -37,13 +39,13 @@ ALLIANCE_EXAMPLES=/usr/share/doc/alliance-doc-5.0/alliance-examples
  EXTRACT_PH   = ap
  GENERAT_SP   = .
  EXTRACT_SP   = .
-    CATA_LIB0 = $(ALLIANCE_TOP)/cells/sxlib
-    CATA_LIB1 = $(ALLIANCE_TOP)/cells/dp_sxlib
-    CATA_LIB2 = $(ALLIANCE_TOP)/cells/padlib
+    CATA_LIB0 = $(CELLS_TOP)/sxlib
+    CATA_LIB1 = $(CELLS_TOP)/dp_sxlib
+    CATA_LIB2 = $(CELLS_TOP)/padlib
     CATA_LIB  = .:$(CATA_LIB0):$(CATA_LIB1):$(CATA_LIB2)
-   TARGET_LIB = $(MBK_TARGET_LIB)
-   RDS_TECHNO = $(ALLIANCE_TOP)/etc/cmos.rds
-   GRAAL_TECHNO = $(ALLIANCE_TOP)/etc/cmos.graal
+   TARGET_LIB = $(CATA_LIB0)
+   RDS_TECHNO = $(SYSCONF_TOP)/cmos.rds
+ GRAAL_TECHNO = $(SYSCONF_TOP)/cmos.graal
 
 
  MBK_GENERAT_ENV = MBK_TARGET_LIB=$(TARGET_LIB);  export MBK_TARGET_LIB;    \
@@ -80,9 +82,9 @@ ALLIANCE_EXAMPLES=/usr/share/doc/alliance-doc-5.0/alliance-examples
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Alliance binaries & environment.
 
-     BOOM = $(ALLIANCE_BIN)/boom -V
-     BOOG = $(ALLIANCE_BIN)/boog 
-     LOON = $(ALLIANCE_BIN)/loon
+     BOOM = $(MBK_GENERAT_ENV); $(ALLIANCE_BIN)/boom -V
+     BOOG = $(MBK_GENERAT_ENV); $(ALLIANCE_BIN)/boog 
+     LOON = $(MBK_GENERAT_ENV); $(ALLIANCE_BIN)/loon
   ASIMUT1 = $(MBK_GENERAT_ENV); $(ALLIANCE_BIN)/asimut
   ASIMUT2 = $(MBK_EXTRACT_ENV); $(ALLIANCE_BIN)/asimut
    COUGAR = $(ALLIANCE_BIN)/cougar