Bug 441529

Summary:	fhpd - 'alias' command doesn't work at all
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Petr Muller <pmuller>
Component:	frysk	Assignee:	Eric Bachalo <ebachalo>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Len DiMaggio <ldimaggi>
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Version:	5.2	CC:	ebachalo, kasal, mcvet, npremji, ohudlick, pmuldoon, scox
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Description Petr Muller 2008-04-08 16:09:50 UTC

Description of problem:
In fhpd, 'alias' command doesn't work. If I add some alias, I get 'Error: 
Unknown command' when using it. If I view the command with alias command, it is 
shown.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
frysk-0.0.1.2008.03.19.rh1-1.el5

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. fhpd
2. alias myhelp help
3. myhelp
  
Actual results:
Error: Unknown command: mb

Expected results:
help message

Additional info:
# fhpd
(fhpd) alias myhelp help
(fhpd) myhelp
Error: Unknown command: myhelp
(fhpd) alias myhelp
myhelp = help

Comment 1 Mark Wielaard 2008-04-11 11:05:25 UTC

Confirmed, this is upstream bug 5812 "alias command bugs". The alias command
isn't actually implemented. There is a generic AliasCommands.java (providing the
top leval commands Alias, UnAlias) but nothing actually uses it.