bash manual says nothing about automatic sourcing of $HOME/.alias

[Axel Beckert]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i386
OS: linux
Compiler: gcc -I/usr/src/packages/BUILD/bash-2.05
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' 
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-suse-linux' -DCONF_VENDOR='suse' 
-DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -I. -I/usr/include -I. 
-I./include -I./lib -I/usr/include -O2 -mcpu=i486 -march=i486 -D_GNU_SOURCE 
-Wall -pipe
uname output: Linux abe 2.4.10-4GB #1 Tue Sep 25 12:33:54 GMT 2001 i686 unknown
Machine Type: i386-suse-linux
Distribution: SuSE 7.3

Bash Version: 2.05
Patch Level: 0
Release Status: release

Description:
        My bash sources $HOME/.alias if it exists. This is not
        documented in the bash manual page. (Of course it's neither
        documented how to suppress this behaviour.)

Repeat-By:
        Create a .alias file with csh/tcsh syntax in $HOME, start bash
        and see it complaining about the wrong syntax.

Fix:
        Put a note about this behaviour in the manual page. :-)

                Regards, Axel
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