From da3be6b6246738ae69aa474907da734264162ac1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Fincher <jemfinch@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:56:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Made sure the bot doesn't clobber an already-existing user in
 the user database when it changes nick.

---
 src/irclib.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/irclib.py b/src/irclib.py
index cbd5e44db..be74d1e99 100644
--- a/src/irclib.py
+++ b/src/irclib.py
@@ -543,7 +543,12 @@ class Irc(IrcCommandDispatcher):
             user = ircdb.users.getUser(0)
             user.unsetAuth()
             user.hostmasks = []
-            user.name = newNick
+            try:
+                ircdb.users.getUser(newNick)
+                s = 'User already registered with name %s' % newNick
+                debug.msg(s, 'high')
+            except KeyError:
+                user.name = newNick
             ircdb.users.setUser(0, user)
             self.nick = newNick
             (nick, user, domain) = ircutils.splitHostmask(msg.prefix)