Still happens in yakkety.
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Title:
gnome-terminal.wrapper doesn't wait until program finishes
To manage notifications
Still happens on Precise with gnome-terminal 3.4.1.1.
According to https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664730 fixed in
upstream.
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #664730
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664730
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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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This is what caused bug #799627 - Race condition in mailto-mutt.
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Title:
gnome-terminal.wrapper doesn't wait until
Referenced in the discussion of Debian bug #576313
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=576313.
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=576313
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Status: Incomplete = New
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Title:
gnome-terminal.wrapper doesn't wait
Yes, the situation is the same on natty.
Googling more, it seems there is a similar situation with konsole.
So to portably launch a command in a terminal and wait for it to finish, one
currently needs to special-case each terminal, like