diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 17df20e820..f6473a0b50 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Id: configure.in 49513 2007-10-29 12:09:59Z VZ .
+# From configure.in Id: configure.in 49606 2007-11-03 16:14:28Z PC .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for wxWidgets 2.9.0.
 #
@@ -869,7 +869,6 @@ COND_PLATFORM_MACOSX_1_TOOLKIT_X11
 COND_PLATFORM_MACOSX_1_USE_GUI_1
 COND_PLATFORM_MACOSX_1_USE_SOVERSION_1
 COND_PLATFORM_MACOS_1
-COND_PLATFORM_MAC_1
 COND_PLATFORM_MSDOS_1
 COND_PLATFORM_OS2_1
 COND_PLATFORM_UNIX_0
@@ -2945,7 +2944,7 @@ DEFAULT_wxUSE_GTK2=yes
 DEFAULT_wxUSE_OBJC_UNIQUIFYING=no
 
 
-for toolkit in `echo $ALL_TOOLKITS`; do
+for toolkit in $ALL_TOOLKITS; do
   LINE=`grep "wxUSE_$toolkit=" ${wx_arg_cache_file}`
   if test "x$LINE" != "x" ; then
     has_toolkit_in_cache=1
@@ -16451,7 +16450,7 @@ echo "$as_me: error: BeOS GUI is not supported yet, use --disable-gui" >&2;}
     fi
 
     if test "$TOOLKIT_GIVEN" = 1; then
-            for toolkit in `echo $ALL_TOOLKITS`; do
+            for toolkit in $ALL_TOOLKITS; do
         var=wxUSE_$toolkit
         eval "value=\$${var}"
         if test "x$value" = "xno"; then
@@ -16465,7 +16464,7 @@ echo "$as_me: error: BeOS GUI is not supported yet, use --disable-gui" >&2;}
         fi
       done
     else
-            for toolkit in `echo $ALL_TOOLKITS`; do
+            for toolkit in $ALL_TOOLKITS; do
         if test "$has_toolkit_in_cache" != 1; then
           var=DEFAULT_DEFAULT_wxUSE_$toolkit
         else
@@ -16510,7 +16509,7 @@ echo "$as_me: error: Please specify at most one toolkit (maybe some are cached i
         wxGTK_VERSION=1
     fi
 
-        for toolkit in `echo $ALL_TOOLKITS`; do
+        for toolkit in $ALL_TOOLKITS; do
       var=wxUSE_$toolkit
       eval "value=\$${var}"
       if test "x$value" != x; then
@@ -16524,7 +16523,7 @@ echo "$as_me: error: Please specify at most one toolkit (maybe some are cached i
           fi
         fi
         if test "$value" = 1; then
-          toolkit_echo=`echo $toolkit | tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]"`
+          toolkit_echo=`echo $toolkit | tr A-Z a-z`
           { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $toolkit_echo" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$toolkit_echo" >&6; }
         fi
@@ -29982,7 +29981,8 @@ fi
             fi
         fi
     fi
-else     if test "$wxUSE_LIBTIFF" = "builtin"; then
+else
+        if test "$wxUSE_LIBTIFF" = "builtin"; then
                                                         ac_configure_args="$ac_configure_args --disable-jpeg"
     fi
 fi
@@ -35142,7 +35142,7 @@ _ACEOF
         if test "$TOOLKIT" = "PM" ; then
         TOOLKIT_DIR="os2"
     else
-        TOOLKIT_DIR=`echo ${TOOLKIT} | tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]"`
+        TOOLKIT_DIR=`echo ${TOOLKIT} | tr A-Z a-z`
     fi
 
     if test "$wxUSE_UNIVERSAL" = "yes"; then
@@ -36397,7 +36397,7 @@ if test "$wxUSE_DEBUG_INFO" = "yes"; then
     DEBUG_INFO=1
 fi
 
-WX_VERSION_TAG=`echo WX${lib_unicode_suffix}${lib_debug_suffix}${WX_LIB_FLAVOUR}_${WX_RELEASE} | tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]"`
+WX_VERSION_TAG=`echo WX${lib_unicode_suffix}${lib_debug_suffix}${WX_LIB_FLAVOUR}_${WX_RELEASE} | tr a-z A-Z`
 
 TOOLCHAIN_NAME="${TOOLKIT_DIR}${TOOLKIT_VERSION}${WIDGET_SET}${lib_unicode_suffix}${lib_debug_suffix}${WX_LIB_FLAVOUR}-${WX_RELEASE}"
 
@@ -49334,7 +49334,7 @@ fi
 
 
 
-TOOLKIT_LOWERCASE=`echo $TOOLKIT | tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]"`
+TOOLKIT_LOWERCASE=`echo $TOOLKIT | tr A-Z a-z`
 
 
 
@@ -49406,7 +49406,7 @@ else
 
                 if $CXX -o conftest$PROGRAM_EXT conftest.cpp >/dev/null 2>&1
                 then
-                    if tr -dc '[a-z]' < conftest$PROGRAM_EXT |
+                    if tr -dc a-z < conftest$PROGRAM_EXT |
                         grep awidetest >/dev/null
                     then
                         wx_cv_gcc_pch_bug=no
@@ -51934,11 +51934,6 @@ EOF
         COND_PLATFORM_MACOS_1=""
     fi
 
-    COND_PLATFORM_MAC_1="#"
-    if test "x$PLATFORM_MAC" = "x1" ; then
-        COND_PLATFORM_MAC_1=""
-    fi
-
     COND_PLATFORM_MSDOS_1="#"
     if test "x$PLATFORM_MSDOS" = "x1" ; then
         COND_PLATFORM_MSDOS_1=""
@@ -52688,7 +52683,8 @@ ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands wx-config"
 if test "$wxWITH_SUBDIRS" != "no"; then
 if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
     SUBDIRS="samples demos utils"
-else         SUBDIRS="samples utils"
+else
+            SUBDIRS="samples utils"
 fi
 
 
@@ -52821,23 +52817,24 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
 
 
 
-for subdir in `echo $SUBDIRS`; do
+for subdir in $SUBDIRS; do
     if test -d ${srcdir}/${subdir} ; then
         if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
             if test ${subdir} = "samples"; then
                                                 makefiles="samples/Makefile.in $makefiles"
-                for sample in `echo $SAMPLES_SUBDIRS`; do
+                for sample in $SAMPLES_SUBDIRS; do
                     if test -d $srcdir/samples/$sample; then
                         makefiles="samples/$sample/Makefile.in $makefiles"
                     fi
                 done
             else
-                                                                disabled_var=DISABLED_`echo $subdir | tr [a-z] [A-Z]`;
+                                                                disabled_var=DISABLED_`echo $subdir | tr a-z A-Z`
                 eval "disabled=\$$disabled_var"
                 disabled=/`echo X $disabled | sed 's@ @/|/@g'`/
                 makefiles=`(cd $srcdir ; find $subdir -name Makefile.in) | $EGREP -v "$disabled"`
             fi
-        else                                     if test ${subdir} = "samples"; then
+        else
+                                                if test ${subdir} = "samples"; then
                 makefiles="samples/Makefile.in samples/console/Makefile.in"
             elif test ${subdir} = "utils"; then
                 makefiles=""
@@ -52848,7 +52845,8 @@ for subdir in `echo $SUBDIRS`; do
                                    $makefiles"
                     fi
                 done
-            else                 makefiles=`(cd $srcdir ; find $subdir -name Makefile.in)`
+            else
+                                makefiles=`(cd $srcdir ; find $subdir -name Makefile.in)`
             fi
         fi
 
@@ -53837,7 +53835,6 @@ COND_PLATFORM_MACOSX_1_TOOLKIT_X11!$COND_PLATFORM_MACOSX_1_TOOLKIT_X11$ac_delim
 COND_PLATFORM_MACOSX_1_USE_GUI_1!$COND_PLATFORM_MACOSX_1_USE_GUI_1$ac_delim
 COND_PLATFORM_MACOSX_1_USE_SOVERSION_1!$COND_PLATFORM_MACOSX_1_USE_SOVERSION_1$ac_delim
 COND_PLATFORM_MACOS_1!$COND_PLATFORM_MACOS_1$ac_delim
-COND_PLATFORM_MAC_1!$COND_PLATFORM_MAC_1$ac_delim
 COND_PLATFORM_MSDOS_1!$COND_PLATFORM_MSDOS_1$ac_delim
 COND_PLATFORM_OS2_1!$COND_PLATFORM_OS2_1$ac_delim
 COND_PLATFORM_UNIX_0!$COND_PLATFORM_UNIX_0$ac_delim
@@ -53875,6 +53872,7 @@ COND_TOOLKIT_GTK_TOOLKIT_VERSION__USE_GUI_1_WXUNIV_0!$COND_TOOLKIT_GTK_TOOLKIT_V
 COND_TOOLKIT_GTK_USE_GUI_1!$COND_TOOLKIT_GTK_USE_GUI_1$ac_delim
 COND_TOOLKIT_MAC!$COND_TOOLKIT_MAC$ac_delim
 COND_TOOLKIT_MAC_USE_GUI_1!$COND_TOOLKIT_MAC_USE_GUI_1$ac_delim
+COND_TOOLKIT_MAC_USE_GUI_1_WXUNIV_0!$COND_TOOLKIT_MAC_USE_GUI_1_WXUNIV_0$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
   if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 97; then
@@ -53916,7 +53914,6 @@ _ACEOF
 ac_delim='%!_!# '
 for ac_last_try in false false false false false :; do
   cat >conf$$subs.sed <<_ACEOF
-COND_TOOLKIT_MAC_USE_GUI_1_WXUNIV_0!$COND_TOOLKIT_MAC_USE_GUI_1_WXUNIV_0$ac_delim
 COND_TOOLKIT_MGL!$COND_TOOLKIT_MGL$ac_delim
 COND_TOOLKIT_MGL_USE_GUI_1!$COND_TOOLKIT_MGL_USE_GUI_1$ac_delim
 COND_TOOLKIT_MOTIF!$COND_TOOLKIT_MOTIF$ac_delim
@@ -54013,6 +54010,7 @@ GCC!$GCC$ac_delim
 DLLTOOL!$DLLTOOL$ac_delim
 CPPUNIT_CONFIG!$CPPUNIT_CONFIG$ac_delim
 LIBOBJS!$LIBOBJS$ac_delim
+LTLIBOBJS!$LTLIBOBJS$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
   if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 97; then
@@ -54051,50 +54049,6 @@ CEOF$ac_eof
 _ACEOF
 
 
-ac_delim='%!_!# '
-for ac_last_try in false false false false false :; do
-  cat >conf$$subs.sed <<_ACEOF
-LTLIBOBJS!$LTLIBOBJS$ac_delim
-_ACEOF
-
-  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 1; then
-    break
-  elif $ac_last_try; then
-    { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: could not make $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: could not make $CONFIG_STATUS" >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
-  else
-    ac_delim="$ac_delim!$ac_delim _$ac_delim!! "
-  fi
-done
-
-ac_eof=`sed -n '/^CEOF[0-9]*$/s/CEOF/0/p' conf$$subs.sed`
-if test -n "$ac_eof"; then
-  ac_eof=`echo "$ac_eof" | sort -nru | sed 1q`
-  ac_eof=`expr $ac_eof + 1`
-fi
-
-cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF
-cat >"\$tmp/subs-5.sed" <<\CEOF$ac_eof
-/@[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*@/!b end
-_ACEOF
-sed '
-s/[,\\&]/\\&/g; s/@/@|#_!!_#|/g
-s/^/s,@/; s/!/@,|#_!!_#|/
-:n
-t n
-s/'"$ac_delim"'$/,g/; t
-s/$/\\/; p
-N; s/^.*\n//; s/[,\\&]/\\&/g; s/@/@|#_!!_#|/g; b n
-' >>$CONFIG_STATUS <conf$$subs.sed
-rm -f conf$$subs.sed
-cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF
-:end
-s/|#_!!_#|//g
-CEOF$ac_eof
-_ACEOF
-
-
 # VPATH may cause trouble with some makes, so we remove $(srcdir),
 # ${srcdir} and @srcdir@ from VPATH if srcdir is ".", strip leading and
 # trailing colons and then remove the whole line if VPATH becomes empty
@@ -54338,7 +54292,7 @@ s&@abs_builddir@&$ac_abs_builddir&;t t
 s&@abs_top_builddir@&$ac_abs_top_builddir&;t t
 s&@INSTALL@&$ac_INSTALL&;t t
 $ac_datarootdir_hack
-" $ac_file_inputs | sed -f "$tmp/subs-1.sed" | sed -f "$tmp/subs-2.sed" | sed -f "$tmp/subs-3.sed" | sed -f "$tmp/subs-4.sed" | sed -f "$tmp/subs-5.sed" >$tmp/out
+" $ac_file_inputs | sed -f "$tmp/subs-1.sed" | sed -f "$tmp/subs-2.sed" | sed -f "$tmp/subs-3.sed" | sed -f "$tmp/subs-4.sed" | sed 's/|#_!!_#|//g' >$tmp/out
 
 test -z "$ac_datarootdir_hack$ac_datarootdir_seen" &&
   { ac_out=`sed -n '/\${datarootdir}/p' "$tmp/out"`; test -n "$ac_out"; } &&
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3831b72b29..1b8100d474 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ dnl Always default to no. Only special cases require this.
 DEFAULT_wxUSE_OBJC_UNIQUIFYING=no
 
 
-for toolkit in `echo $ALL_TOOLKITS`; do
+for toolkit in $ALL_TOOLKITS; do
   LINE=`grep "wxUSE_$toolkit=" ${wx_arg_cache_file}`
   if test "x$LINE" != "x" ; then
     has_toolkit_in_cache=1
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
 
     if test "$TOOLKIT_GIVEN" = 1; then
       dnl convert "yes", "any" or a number to 1 and "no" to 0
-      for toolkit in `echo $ALL_TOOLKITS`; do
+      for toolkit in $ALL_TOOLKITS; do
         var=wxUSE_$toolkit
         eval "value=\$${var}"
         if test "x$value" = "xno"; then
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
       done
     else
       dnl try to guess the most apropriate toolkit for this platform
-      for toolkit in `echo $ALL_TOOLKITS`; do
+      for toolkit in $ALL_TOOLKITS; do
         if test "$has_toolkit_in_cache" != 1; then
           var=DEFAULT_DEFAULT_wxUSE_$toolkit
         else
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
     fi
 
     dnl cache the wxUSE_<TOOLKIT> values too
-    for toolkit in `echo $ALL_TOOLKITS`; do
+    for toolkit in $ALL_TOOLKITS; do
       var=wxUSE_$toolkit
       eval "value=\$${var}"
       if test "x$value" != x; then
@@ -2559,7 +2559,8 @@ if test "$wxUSE_LIBJPEG" != "no" ; then
             fi
         fi
     fi
-else dnl wxUSE_LIBJPEG = "no"
+else
+    dnl wxUSE_LIBJPEG = "no"
     if test "$wxUSE_LIBTIFF" = "builtin"; then
         dnl we have to prevent the builtin libtiff configure from building the
         dnl library with JPEG support as this was explicitly disabled by user,
@@ -7861,21 +7862,22 @@ if test "$wxWITH_SUBDIRS" != "no"; then
 dnl Configure samples, demos etc. directories, but only if they are present:
 if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
     SUBDIRS="samples demos utils"
-else dnl we build wxBase only
+else
+    dnl we build wxBase only
     dnl there are no wxBase programs in demos
     SUBDIRS="samples utils"
 fi
 dnl Add tests to the list of subdirs if cppunit 1.8.0+ is detected
 AM_PATH_CPPUNIT(1.8.0, [SUBDIRS="$SUBDIRS tests"])
 
-for subdir in `echo $SUBDIRS`; do
+for subdir in $SUBDIRS; do
     if test -d ${srcdir}/${subdir} ; then
         if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
             if test ${subdir} = "samples"; then
                 dnl only take those samples which compile in the current
                 dnl configuration and which exist
                 makefiles="samples/Makefile.in $makefiles"
-                for sample in `echo $SAMPLES_SUBDIRS`; do
+                for sample in $SAMPLES_SUBDIRS; do
                     if test -d $srcdir/samples/$sample; then
                         makefiles="samples/$sample/Makefile.in $makefiles"
                     fi
@@ -7889,7 +7891,8 @@ for subdir in `echo $SUBDIRS`; do
                 disabled=/`echo X $disabled | sed 's@ @/|/@g'`/
                 makefiles=`(cd $srcdir ; find $subdir -name Makefile.in) | $EGREP -v "$disabled"`
             fi
-        else dnl we build wxBase only
+        else
+            dnl we build wxBase only
             dnl don't take all samples/utils, just those which build with
             dnl wxBase
             if test ${subdir} = "samples"; then
@@ -7903,7 +7906,8 @@ for subdir in `echo $SUBDIRS`; do
                                    $makefiles"
                     fi
                 done
-            else dnl assume that everything compiles for tests
+            else
+                dnl assume that everything compiles for tests
                 makefiles=`(cd $srcdir ; find $subdir -name Makefile.in)`
             fi
         fi