[FIXED] IRC bot gets stick /nick'ing
Posted: June 1st, 2012, 8:14 am
I found a rare bug in IRC if your bot nick was the maximum length of characters that IRC will accept and another bot of the same name already exists.
This happens forever:
This happens forever:
09:12:14 > IRC: Connecting to irc.esper.net:6667 as ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
09:12:19 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_"
09:12:19 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss__"
09:12:19 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss__" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss___"
09:12:20 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss___" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss____"
09:12:21 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss____" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_____"
09:12:22 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_____" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss______"
09:12:22 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss______" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_______"
09:12:23 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_______" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss________"
09:12:24 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss________" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_________"
09:12:25 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_________" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss__________"
09:12:25 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss__________" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss___________"
09:12:19 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_"
09:12:19 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss__"
09:12:19 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss__" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss___"
09:12:20 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss___" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss____"
09:12:21 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss____" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_____"
09:12:22 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_____" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss______"
09:12:22 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss______" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_______"
09:12:23 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_______" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss________"
09:12:24 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss________" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_________"
09:12:25 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss_________" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss__________"
09:12:25 > IRC: Error: Nickname "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss__________" is already in use. Trying "ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss___________"