• • • Issue alternate_nick to null at connect. #473 opened by @graffic

In "irc/core/irc-nicklist.c"
Function: event_nick_in_use

The value server->connrec->alternate_nick is set to NULL when you set the alternate_nick in irssi an saved the changes.

Example:
I have a network configured in chatnets with a nickname and some servers:
hispano = {type ="IRC"; nick ="anick:password";};

When I connect with: irssi -c hispano, if the nick is in use, it doesn't try the alternate_nick. I checked this using a fprintf in the function "event_nick_in_use":

fprintf(stderr,"server->nick = %s\nserver->connrec->nick = %s\nserver->connrec->alternate_nick=%s\n",
server->nick, server->connrec->nick, server->connrec->alternate_nick);
/* nick already in use - need to change it .. */
.....

And I got this:
server->nick = anick:apassword
server->connrec->nick = anick:apassword
server->connrec->alternate_nick=(null)

But in the configuration it's not null:
18:21 [server]
18:21 alternate_nick = rolf2

I'm trying to track down the where that structure is filled, but my knowledge of the source code is limited and I'm going very slow.

Also the behaviour in irssi-svn is the same.

Thank you for your time.