--- magic-7.5.231/scripts/configure.in
+++ magic-7.5.231/scripts/configure.in
@@ -1695,7 +1695,7 @@
       if {[[catch {package require BLT}]]} {puts stdout no} {puts stdout yes}
       exit
 EOF
-      usingBLT=`cat temp.out`
+      usingBLT=yes
       rm -f temp.out
       if test "x${usingBLT}" = "xyes" ; then
          echo "yes"