[Bug 1607937] [NEW] font viewer starred from dash: Unknown option --gapplication-service

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[Impact]

While gnome-font-viewer can be started from command line, it fails to
start via the .desktop file. As can be seen in comment #3, it seems to
be related to DBus somehow.

The problem is not present in version 3.20.2-1 in yakkety, and since
there is no obvious single commit in the upstream source which could be
patched, the proposal is to backport the yakkety version as an SRU. It's
built in this PPA:

https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/font-viewer

and there are no runtime dependency blockers.

[Test Case]

Try to start gnome-font-viewer from the Dash and find that the launch
fails.

After having installed the proposed upload, starting the application
from the Dash works fine.

[Regression Potential]

gnome-font-viewer is an independent tool, which doesn't affect other
parts of the system. Hence the regression risk should be low.

[Original description]

Ubuntu 16.04.1 Fully updated.

$ gnome-font-viewer  --version
GNOME Font Viewer 3.16.2

- starting from command-line: no problems.
- starting from dash: application is shown in launcher but kills itself.
- /var/log/syslog shows ...

   Jul 29 22:18:08 schijfwereld org.gnome.font-viewer[3361]: Unknown option --gapplication-service
   Jul 29 22:18:08 schijfwereld org.gnome.font-viewer[3361]: Run '/usr/bin/gnome-font-viewer --help' to see a full list of available command line options.

** Affects: gnome-font-viewer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: gnome-font-viewer (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
         Status: In Progress

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font viewer starred from dash: Unknown option --gapplication-service
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607937
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