Temporary fix for "USER: Not enough parameters".

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/irc.c b/src/irc.c
index 4ea37a3..6f6b2f0 100644
--- a/src/irc.c
+++ b/src/irc.c
@@ -273,6 +273,17 @@ static void do_join(void) {
 }
 
 static void do_nick(void) {
+	/* Do not overwrite conf->nick with bogus data! sometimes when
+	   we get disconnected, upon reconnect we get a partial message.
+	   if it's a NICK, missing its destination argument, we end up
+	   blowing away conf->nick, and subsequent reconnect attempts
+	   fail with "USER: not enough parameters". This is purely
+	   a band-aid; a proper solution involves rewriting parse_msg()
+	   so it knows how many args each msg type needs, and refuses to
+	   parse invalid ones. */
+	if(!msg_dest || !*msg_dest || *msg_dest == ' ')
+		return;
+
 	// ind_act_none();
 	if(streq_i(conf->nick, msg_src)) {
 		scr_print_active("You are ");