babel/3740: wrong \englishhyphenmins

Just after starting `latex' `\show\englishhyphenmins' prints:

\englishhyphenmins=\relax.

That is, even freshly initialized latex contains `\englishhyphenmins'
command definition that can not be processed properly while processing
`\English' command defined by `\usepackage[english,russian]{babel}'.
The latter command always fails.

How do we ensure that `\englishhyphenmins' in latex defined properly
and `\English' command works?


Using tetex 2.0.2.  Sample latex input follows.

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[cp1251]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english,russian]{babel}
\English
\begin{document}
\end{document}