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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  gnome-terminal forks even with `--disable-factory`

Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Manual states:

  --disable-factory
      Do not register with the activation name server, do not re-use an
      active terminal.

  
  Yet terminal opens and "foo" is being printed immediately even though the terminal didn't close:

  $ gnome-terminal --disable-factory; echo foo
  foo
  ```

  This behavior was different in the past and doesn't seem "normal" for
  a Linux application, e.g. it now prevents using gnome-terminal as a
  `vim` wrapper for an external editor. Usually Linux applications are
  manually forked with ampersand and as far as I understand it still
  should be possible with a `--disable-factory` argument.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: gnome-terminal 3.14.2-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-26.28-generic 3.19.8-ckt4
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-26-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Mon Aug 31 16:11:37 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-06 (571 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20131219)
  SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-30 (122 days ago)

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