diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4433aa7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+*.a             export-ignore
+*.o             export-ignore
+*.mod           export-ignore
+*.smod          export-ignore
+*~              export-ignore
+.git*		export-ignore
+rsb		export-ignore
+rsb/		export-ignore
+rsb/**		export-ignore
+
+
+Make.inc	export-ignore
+config		export-ignore
+config/		export-ignore
+config/**	export-ignore
+configure.ac	export-ignore
+config.log      export-ignore
+config.status	export-ignore
+aclocal.m4  	export-ignore
+autogen.sh	export-ignore
+autom4te.cache	export-ignore
+Dockerfile	export-ignore
+.travis.yml	export-ignore
+# generated folder
+./include/**	export-ignore
+./modules/**	export-ignore
+docs/src	export-ignore
+docs/doxypsb	export-ignore
+docs/Makefile	export-ignore
+
+# the executable from tests
+test/computational_routines	export-ignore
+test/computational_routines	export-ignore
+test/omp			export-ignore
+test/openacc			export-ignore
+test/torture			export-ignore
+
diff --git a/ReleaseNews b/ReleaseNews
index cf60dc52..4df65c99 100644
--- a/ReleaseNews
+++ b/ReleaseNews
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 WHAT'S NEW
+Version 3.9.0-1
+   1. Fix licensing issues
+   2. Fix build and packaging
+   
 Version 3.9
    1. PSBLAS3-EXT has been folded into the main library
    2. Renamed GPU into CUDA.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index baed05ce..c19578d7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -9196,10 +9196,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-# This should be portable
-AR="${AR} -cDr"
-
-
 ###############################################################################
 #		BLAS  library presence checks
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fc9cdd18..a9b53592 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -732,10 +732,6 @@ AC_PROG_AR
 AR="${AR} -cr"
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 
-# This should be portable
-AR="${AR} -cDr"
-
-
 ###############################################################################
 #		BLAS  library presence checks
 ###############################################################################