install location problems

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Friday 11 November 2011, Ralf Habacker wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> in the past the KDE on Windows port has been faced with install path
> related issues caused by the fact that in opposite to unix/linx the end
> user install location differs from the build time install location.
> While several issue has been solved in the past, others may be still
> present.
> 
> Patrick von Reth for example reported shortly ago that there are
> problems with dbus service files generated by the build system. The
> generated install location points to the build install location, which
> will not work on end users workstation.
> 
> A few days ago Alexander Neundorf, the maintainer of the KDE
> buildsystem, asked me if there are still such problems, so if anyone
> know about open install location related problems, please report.

Please not only about the places where they are still open, but also those 
places where it has been already fixed/worked around/hacked to make it work 
somehow.

Maybe we can find a solution which works the same way both under UNIX and 
Windows (and OSX), without having to take special care of the Windows needs in 
the future, and making the UNIX version more flexible at the same time.

Alex