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bug#21416: "--" syntax for ignoring flags doesn't seem to work right wit

From: Robert \"Finny\" Merrill
Subject: bug#21416: "--" syntax for ignoring flags doesn't seem to work right with GNU /bin/echo
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 11:57:30 -0700 
~/workspaces/diags-dev/s1 @bs360.sjc> /bin/echo --help
Usage: /bin/echo [SHORT-OPTION]... [STRING]...
  or:  /bin/echo LONG-OPTION
Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.
*snip*
~/workspaces/diags-dev/s1 @bs360.sjc> /bin/echo -- --help
-- --help
~/workspaces/diags-dev/s1 @bs360.sjc>


There doesn't seem to be a way to get /bin/echo to output the string "--help"
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