eog -n doesn't behave as expected

[Steven Pemberton]

"eog --help" includes the information:

  -n, --new-instance Start a new instance instead of reusing an existing

This suggests that eog without a -n should use an existing instance. It doesn't. In fact "-n" seems to have no effect at all.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: eog 3.2.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 25 10:11:33 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: eog
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Aditya V (kroq-gar78)]

I can't confirm this bug on Ubuntu 12.04. It seems like it always does a new instance for me.

[Steven Pemberton (steven-pemberton)]

That's exactly the problem. It never seems to use the *same* instance. A new instance is always created whether you use -n or not.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.