Do not go into the examples/ directory, which contains only platformplugin/. Even though it is not part of the default target, it is included in `make install', and platformplugin's .pro file has a DESTDIR setting that causes the file system to be touched even though there is nothing to build or install. --- Source/QtWebKit.pro +++ Source/QtWebKit.pro @@ -38,9 +38,4 @@ build?(webkit1) { tests.file = tests.pri SUBDIRS += tests } - - examples.file = WebKit/qt/examples/examples.pro - examples.CONFIG += no_default_target - examples.makefile = Makefile - SUBDIRS += examples }