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[arfer]

For some time now I plus another colleague have been experiencing difficulties from our Eggdrop bots on DALnet, specifically with regard to a limit script.

For no apparent reason the bots begin to incorrectly report channel users, which is required to periodically calculate a new limit. I did suspect the frequent netsplits that continue to plague DALnet but now I am unconvinced. This following channel events demonstrate.

[nml375]

What about the contents of the list returned by chanlist?
Which nicks were missing?

I'm wondering if this patch might be involved: http://cvs.eggheads.org/viewvc/eggdrop1.6/src/mod/irc.mod/chan.c?r1=1.130&r2=1.131

Upon refreshing channel members, it will remove any channel-member not included in a /WHO #channel request from the internal list. Generally, anyone being a member of a channel, should be able to see all the members of the channel using the /WHO command, though I wonder if that's really the case here.

Just my first .02$
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NML_375, idling at #eggdrop@IrcNET

[arfer]

I understand what you mean nml375 but unfortunately I can't answer your question until it occurs again. I will be sure to check this.

Would it not be the case that after a restart the /WHO command still returns the same users. That is to say if they were not reported before a restart, then would they be reported after? A restart always fixes the problem.

I do have further evidence. Another bot setting a limit on a different channel went likewise in error some minutes before, and this was immediately after it was split and returned. It does seem like netsplits are involved.
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I must have had nothing to do

[arfer]

Here is the pertinent output