Bug#303649: bash: echo builtin should recognize '--' option

reopen 303649 retitle 303649 [fixed in 3.1] bash: echo builtin should recognize '--' option tags 303649 + upstream tags 303649 + fixed-upstream thanks one more thing: bash-3.1 will have a change: In POSIX mode, if `xpg_echo' option is enabled, the `echo' builtin doesn't try to interpret any

Bug#303649: bash: echo builtin should recognize '--' option

Package: bash Version: 2.05b-26 Severity: normal Echo does not support the '--' flag. It should to, otherwise any script containing the line: echo $x is are prone to unexpected bugs, if $x is unexpectedly set to '-n', '-e', or '-E', '--help', or '--version'. If echo recognized '--', then a