According to the Debian report, this was fixed in 0.5.4-3. Intrepid currently uses 0.5.4-9ubuntu1.1.
The script in the original report works, as does this test from the Debian report: $ dash -c 'unset x; echo $((x=14+7)) $x' 21 21 ** Changed in: dash (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- dash does not parse valid POSIX arithmetic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/92189 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs