[bug?] echo -n does not work as described

[Kevin Korb <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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I am on dash version 0.5.8.2 on Gentoo Linux (USE=libedit -static).

The echo builtin does not work as described.  In the man page:
 echo [-n] args...
   Print the arguments on the standard output, separated by spaces.
   Unless the -n option is present, a newline is output following the
   arguments.

However, in actual usage:
% dash
$ echo testing
testing
$ echo -n testing
- -n testing
$ /bin/echo -n testing
testing$

This is causing me problems when I attempt to switch /bin/sh from bash
to dash.

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