I wanted to use the "mod_vhost_alias" for dynamic mass virtual-hosts, and everything went super-smoothly, except for normal "Alias" directives being ignored for no reason!
Mainly, the feature "FancyIndexing" for directory listings wasn't working anymore, because the "Alias /icons/ htdocs/icons/..." entry in httpd.conf was ignored.
Actually, all "Alias" directives seemed to be broken/ignored.
[SOLUTION]
I've found the solution here, and it was simple:
From: Sami Shaaban
Date: Sun, Feb 20 2000 12:00 am
Email: Sami Shaaban <s...@nurelm.com>
Groups: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Ah Ha! For anyone else that might have the same problem:
Make sure that the "AddModule" directive for mod_vhost_alias comes
before that of mod_alias, and what I complained of will not happen.