--- gconf/Makefile.in.orig	Tue Jan 22 02:59:41 2013
+++ gconf/Makefile.in	Tue Jan 22 07:03:47 2013
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ INCLUDES = \
 	-DGCONF_LOCALE_DIR=\""$(datadir)/locale"\"			\
         -DGCONF_SRCDIR=\""$(absolute_top_srcdir)"\"			\
 	-DGCONF_CONFDIR=\""$(sysgconfdir)/$(MAJOR_VERSION)"\"		\
-	-DGCONF_ETCDIR=\""$(sysgconfdir)"\"				\
+	-DGCONF_ETCDIR=\""/var/db/gconf"\"					\
 	-DGCONF_BINDIR=\""$(bindir)"\"					\
 	-DGCONF_SERVERDIR=\""$(libexecdir)"\"           \
 	-DGCONF_BUILDDIR=\""$(top_builddir)"\"				\