Bug#119752: saydate: bashisms in supposedly /bin/sh script

["Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <shalehperry@home.com>]

On 15-Nov-2001 Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> Package: saydate
> Version: 0.3.0-4
> Severity: normal
> 
> kronstadt:/tmp$ saydate
> saydate: cannot find /usr/share/saydate/$[2001-2000].raw
> kronstadt:/tmp$ file /bin/sh
> /bin/sh: symbolic link to /etc/alternatives/sh
> kronstadt:/tmp$ file /etc/alternatives/sh
> /etc/alternatives/sh: symbolic link to /bin/ash
> kronstadt:/tmp$ 
> 

specifically, the code depends on [18-10] return 8, i.e. bash allows math in
place.