--- tests/symlink-long.at.orig	2015-09-12 10:57:30 UTC
+++ tests/symlink-long.at
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ AT_CHECK([
 
 # len(dirname) > READBUFSIZE
 dirname=
-for i in {1..52}; do
+i=1
+while test $i -le 52; do
     dirname="xxxxxxxxx/$dirname"
     mkdir "$dirname"
+    i=`expr $i + 1`
 done
 ln -s "$dirname" x || AT_SKIP_TEST