$OpenBSD$
--- examples/Makefile.in.orig	Mon Jan  2 21:38:28 2006
+++ examples/Makefile.in	Mon Jan  2 21:39:01 2006
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ uninstall-am: uninstall-exampleDATA unin
 install-data-local:
 	srcdir_cnt=`echo $(srcdir) | wc -c`; \
 	for file in $(ALL_EXAMPLE_FILES); do \
-	  f=`echo $$file | cut -c$$srcdir_cnt-`; \
+	  f=`echo $$file | cut -c$$((srcdir_cnt))-`; \
 	  fdir=`dirname $$f`; \
 	  if test ! -d $(DESTDIR)/$(pkgdatadir)/examples/$$fdir; then \
 	    echo "$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)/$(pkgdatadir)/examples/$$fdir"; \
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ install-data-local:
 uninstall-local:
 	srcdir_cnt=`echo $(srcdir) | wc -c`; \
 	for file in $(ALL_EXAMPLE_FILES); do \
-	  f=`echo $$file | cut -c$$srcdir_cnt-`; \
+	  f=`echo $$file | cut -c$$((srcdir_cnt))-`; \
 	  echo "rm -f $(DESTDIR)/$(pkgdatadir)/examples/$$f"; \
 	  rm -f $(DESTDIR)/$(pkgdatadir)/examples/$$f; \
 	done
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ uninstall-local:
 dist-hook:
 	srcdir_cnt=`echo $(srcdir) | wc -c`; \
 	for file in $(ALL_EXAMPLE_FILES); do \
-	  f=`echo $$file | cut -c$$srcdir_cnt-`; \
+	  f=`echo $$file | cut -c$$((srcdir_cnt))-`; \
 	  fdir=`dirname $$f`; \
 	  if test ! -d $(distdir)/$$fdir; then \
 	    echo "$(makeinstalldirs) $(distdir)/$$fdir"; \
