diff -up GConf-3.2.6/gconf/gconftool.c.pkill-hack GConf-3.2.6/gconf/gconftool.c

--- GConf-3.2.6/gconf/gconftool.c.pkill-hack	2013-04-17 10:46:13.225426329 -0400

+++ GConf-3.2.6/gconf/gconftool.c	2013-04-17 10:48:25.963508300 -0400

@@ -916,8 +916,8 @@ main (int argc, char** argv)

       use_local_source = TRUE;

-      /* shut down daemon, this is a race condition, but will usually work. */

-      gconf_shutdown_daemon (NULL);

+      g_spawn_command_line_sync ("/usr/bin/pkill -HUP -f /usr/libexec/gconfd-2",

+                                 NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);

     }

   if (config_source == NULL)