Builtin command echo does not work properly.

[Christoph Jeksa]

From: Christoph_Jeksa@CoCreate.com
To: bug-bash@gnu.org
Subject: Builtin command echo does not work properly.

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i686
OS: cygwin
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash.exe' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='cygwin' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-cygwin'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash'
-DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DRECYCLES_PIDS   -I.  -I/tmp/bash-3.1
-I/tmp/bash-3.1/include -I/tmp/bash-3.1/lib   -O2
uname output: Windows_NT d10lt014 1.5.19(0.150/4/2) 2006-01-20 13:28
i686 Cygwin
Machine Type: i686-pc-cygwin

Bash Version: 3.1
Patch Level: 17
Release Status: release

Description:
        The builtin command echo [-neE] [arg ...] does not work properly

Repeat-By:
        Enter:
        echo -E "\ttext"
        Expected result:
        \ttext
        Result:
        -E      text

Fix:
        Use /usr/bin/echo to work around this problem.