1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/lib/common-functions b/lib/common-functions
index 73628b7..b8eb383 100755
--- a/lib/common-functions
+++ b/lib/common-functions
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ extract_pkgname_epoch_pkgver_pkgrel_sub_pkgrel_arch_from_package_name() {
 # shellcheck disable=SC2120
 irc_say() {
   local channel
-  local channel_in_pipe
+  local content
   if [ -z "$1" ]; then
     channel='#archlinux32'
   else
@@ -778,18 +778,21 @@ irc_say() {
     [ "$(date '+%s')" -gt "$(cat "${work_dir}/irc-shut-up")" ]; then
     rm "${work_dir}/irc-shut-up"
   fi
+  content=$(cat)
+  if [ "$2" = 'copy' ]; then
+    printf '%s\n' "${content}"
+  fi
   if [ -s "${work_dir}/irc-shut-up" ] && \
     [ -z "${channel%%#*}" ]; then
-    channel_in_pipe='/dev/null'
-  else
-    channel_in_pipe="${irc_dir}/${channel}/in"
+    return
   fi
   if [ -p "${irc_dir}/${channel}/in" ]; then
-    if [ "$2" = 'copy' ]; then
-      pee cat 'sponge '"${channel_in_pipe}"
-    else
-      sponge "${channel_in_pipe}"
-    fi
+    printf '%s\n' "${content}" \
+    | sponge "${irc_dir}/${channel}/in"
+  else
+    printf '%s\n' "${content}" \
+    sed 's@^@/j '"${channel}"' @' \
+    | sponge "${irc_dir}/${channel}/in"
   fi
 }