diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index bb94c7432b..17757e8cde 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 @COMMENCE@
 
 # Subdirectories in build-order
-SUBDIRS=src test tools
+SUBDIRS=src tools test
 
 ##############################################################################
 #			    T A R G E T S
diff --git a/README b/README
index 88933dcd54..8bf0482b87 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is hdf5-1.0.76 released on Thu Sep  3 04:19:40 CDT 1998
+This is hdf5-1.0.77 released on Thu Sep  3 08:55:14 CDT 1998
 Please refer to the INSTALL file for installation instructions.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/config/commence.in b/config/commence.in
index 6ec313396b..60ddc69e8d 100644
--- a/config/commence.in
+++ b/config/commence.in
@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ bindir=@bindir@
 libdir=@libdir@
 includedir=@includedir@
 
-# The default is to build the library and/or programs
-all: lib tests progs
+# The default is to build the library and/or programs.  We must build
+# them sequentially.
+all:
+	$(MAKE) lib
+	$(MAKE) progs
+	$(MAKE) tests
 
 # The following rules insure that the Makefile is up-to-date by rerunning
 # various autoconf components (although not all versions of make assume