On 11/09/18 11:07, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 9/11/18 11:01 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
> 
>> $ POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 /bin/echo a\\nb
>> a\nb
>>
>> Yikes!  Even though we asked for POSIX correctness, we are NOT 
>> interpreting backslashes.  I think this is a bug in GNU coreutils' echo, 
>> and could be fixed by the patch below (but the testsuite would also need 
>> updates).

I'll push the attached later.
Interesting there were no echo tests until now.

Marking this as done.

cheers,
Pádraig.