--- /dev/null
+--- busybox-1.9.1/libbb/lineedit.c Tue Feb 12 17:10:25 2008
++++ busybox-1.9.1-lineedit/libbb/lineedit.c Mon Feb 18 23:26:54 2008
+@@ -246,7 +246,15 @@
+ if (cmdedit_x >= num) {
+ cmdedit_x -= num;
+ if (num <= 4) {
+- printf("\b\b\b\b" + (4-num));
++ /* This is longer by 5 bytes on x86.
++ * Also gets mysteriously
++ * miscompiled for some ARM users.
++ * printf(("\b\b\b\b" + 4) - num);
++ * return;
++ */
++ do {
++ bb_putchar('\b');
++ } while (--num);
+ return;
+ }
+ printf("\033[%uD", num);