The problem still exists in Ubuntu 14.04 and virt-manager   0.9.5-1ubuntu. 
Listing the files installed with virt-manager clearly shows that the file indicated above (/usr/share/virt-manager/pixmaps/virt-manager-icon.svg) doesn't get installed:
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/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/dbus-1
/usr/share/dbus-1/services
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/virt-manager.service
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/virt-manager
/usr/share/doc/virt-manager/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/virt-manager/AUTHORS.gz
/usr/share/doc/virt-manager/README
/usr/share/doc/virt-manager/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/virt-manager/copyright
/usr/share/doc/virt-manager/TODO
/usr/share/doc/virt-manager/NEWS.gz
/usr/share/bug
/usr/share/bug/virt-manager
/usr/share/bug/virt-manager/presubj
/usr/share/icons
/usr/share/icons/hicolor
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/virt-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/virt-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/virt-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/virt-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/virt-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/virt-manager.png
/usr/share/gconf
/usr/share/gconf/schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/virt-manager.schemas
/usr/share/applications
/usr/share/applications/virt-manager.desktop
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/man1
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-manager.1.gz
/usr/share/virt-manager
/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/pixmaps
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-create-net.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-storage-browse.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-create.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/icon_console.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/vm_new.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/icon_details.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/devices
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/devices/device_pci.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/devices/device_cpu.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/devices/device_mem.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/devices/device_usb.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/devices/device_serial.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/16x16
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/icon_console.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/vm_new.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/48x48
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/vm_import_wizard.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/vm_delete_wizard.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/vm_new_wizard.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/vm_clone_wizard.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32/status
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/state_shutoff.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/state_paused.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/state_running.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions/icon_console.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions/vm_new.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/24x24
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/icon_console.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/vm_new.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-create-interface.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-manager.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-host.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-create-pool.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createpool.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/libvirtglib.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/preferences.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/remote.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/clone.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/baseclass.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/console.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/graphwidgets.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/delete.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/host.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/halhelper.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/addhardware.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/details.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/guidiff.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/cli.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connectauth.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/nodedev.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/storagepool.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/keyring.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/migrate.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connect.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/uihelpers.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/__init__.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/module_trace.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/serialcon.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/interface.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/packageutils.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/error.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/netdev.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/storagevol.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/config.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/autodrawer.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createnet.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/IPy.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createvol.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/libvirtobject.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createinterface.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/systray.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/secret.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/manager.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/storagebrowse.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/network.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/choosecd.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/util.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/about.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/mediadev.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/inspection.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-details.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-choose-cd.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-clone.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-migrate.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-open-connection.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-create-vol.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-progress.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-about.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-delete.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-add-hardware.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/vmm-preferences.ui
/usr/share/python
/usr/share/python/runtime.d
/usr/share/python/runtime.d/virt-manager.rtupdate
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/virt-manager
/usr/lib/virt-manager/virt-manager-launch
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/virt-manager