Bug#473156: [checks/scripts] dash now supports $((cnt+1))

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

Package: lintian
Version: 1.23.46
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Hi,

dash (finally) gained support for the shell arithmetic construct "$((var
+1))" with the upload of 0.5.4-3 in December 2007 (see #329025).

As lenny contains a version of dash with the support, I've attached a
patch removing the corresponding test from the bashisms section of
checks/scripts.

Regards,

Adam

--- scripts.orig	2008-03-25 19:04:56.000000000 +0000
+++ scripts	2008-03-28 18:15:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -572,7 +572,6 @@
 		  '(<\&|>\&)\s*((-|\d+)[^\s;|\)\`&]|[^-\d])', # should be >word 2>&1
 		  '\[\[(?!:)',		       # alternative test command
 		  '(?:^|\s+)select\s+\w+',     # 'select' is not POSIX
-		  '\$\(\([A-Za-z]',	       # cnt=$((cnt + 1)) does not work in dash
 		  '(?:^|\s+)echo\s+-e',        # echo -e
 		  '(?:^|\s+)exec\s+-[acl]',    # exec -c/-l/-a name
 		  '(?:^|\s+)let\s',	       # let ...