--- gio/gdbusprivate.c.orig 2012-04-30 11:24:02.000000000 -0500 +++ gio/gdbusprivate.c 2012-05-02 01:57:47.000000000 -0500 @@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ /* TODO: use PACKAGE_LOCALSTATEDIR ? */ ret = NULL; first_error = NULL; - if (!g_file_get_contents ("/var/lib/dbus/machine-id", + if (!g_file_get_contents ("@@PREFIX@@/var/lib/dbus/machine-id", &ret, NULL, &first_error) && @@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ NULL)) { g_propagate_prefixed_error (error, first_error, - _("Unable to load /var/lib/dbus/machine-id or /etc/machine-id: ")); + _("Unable to load @@PREFIX@@/var/lib/dbus/machine-id or /etc/machine-id: ")); } else {