executing the binary /usr/bin/pidgin more than one time

Bug #340419 reported by Nicolò Chieffo
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: pidgin

when you execute the command /usr/bin/pidgin more that one time it will result in an error:
"Exiting because another libpurple client is already running."

Instead it should bring up the already opened pidgin window.
Now that we have the indicator-applet this would be an important feature, since there is no way to bring the pidgin window to the front (unless you enable the tray icon, which is useless now that we have the indicator-applet)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: pidgin 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-8-generic i686

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