diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c0db49c69f..b98c6281b2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Id: configure.in 47778 2007-07-28 12:23:33Z VZ .
+# From configure.in Id: configure.in 47800 2007-07-29 00:28:07Z VZ .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for wxWidgets 2.9.0.
 #
@@ -37438,8 +37438,8 @@ fi
         RESCOMP="$REZ"
         WXCONFIG_RESFLAGS="-d __DARWIN__ -t APPL Carbon.r -o"
     else
-        POSTLINK_COMMAND="echo -n | \$(REZ) -d __DARWIN__ -t APPL ${LIBWXMACRES}"
-        RESCOMP="echo -n \| $REZ"
+        POSTLINK_COMMAND="cat /dev/null | \$(REZ) -d __DARWIN__ -t APPL ${LIBWXMACRES}"
+        RESCOMP="cat /dev/null \| $REZ"
         WXCONFIG_RESFLAGS="-d __DARWIN__ -t APPL \$libdir/$WX_RESOURCES_MACOSX_ASCII"
     fi
 
@@ -55679,7 +55679,7 @@ echo "  Should wxWidgets be compiled into single library?       ${wxUSE_MONOLITH
 
 echo "  Should wxWidgets be compiled in debug mode?             ${wxUSE_DEBUG:-no}"
 echo "  Should wxWidgets be linked as a shared library?         ${wxUSE_SHARED:-no}"
-echo -n "  Should wxWidgets support Unicode?                       ${wxUSE_UNICODE:-no}"
+echo $ECHO_N "  Should wxWidgets support Unicode?                       ${wxUSE_UNICODE:-no}$ECHO_C"
 if test "$wxUSE_UNICODE" = "yes"; then
     if test "$wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8" = "yes"; then
         echo " (using UTF-8)"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 03e59aafd5..632bcb6a82 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4074,8 +4074,8 @@ if test "$wxUSE_MAC" = 1 -o "$wxUSE_COCOA" = 1; then
         RESCOMP="$REZ"
         WXCONFIG_RESFLAGS="-d __DARWIN__ -t APPL Carbon.r -o"
     else
-        POSTLINK_COMMAND="echo -n | \$(REZ) -d __DARWIN__ -t APPL ${LIBWXMACRES}"
-        RESCOMP="echo -n \| $REZ"
+        POSTLINK_COMMAND="cat /dev/null | \$(REZ) -d __DARWIN__ -t APPL ${LIBWXMACRES}"
+        RESCOMP="cat /dev/null \| $REZ"
         WXCONFIG_RESFLAGS="-d __DARWIN__ -t APPL \$libdir/$WX_RESOURCES_MACOSX_ASCII"
     fi
 
@@ -8092,7 +8092,7 @@ echo "  Should wxWidgets be compiled into single library?       ${wxUSE_MONOLITH
 
 echo "  Should wxWidgets be compiled in debug mode?             ${wxUSE_DEBUG:-no}"
 echo "  Should wxWidgets be linked as a shared library?         ${wxUSE_SHARED:-no}"
-echo -n "  Should wxWidgets support Unicode?                       ${wxUSE_UNICODE:-no}"
+echo $ECHO_N "  Should wxWidgets support Unicode?                       ${wxUSE_UNICODE:-no}$ECHO_C"
 if test "$wxUSE_UNICODE" = "yes"; then
     if test "$wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8" = "yes"; then
         echo " (using UTF-8)"