diff -r 5dc02b23752f -r 3e2da88830cd qmake/option.cpp
--- a/qmake/option.cpp	Tue Jul 06 15:10:48 2010 +0300
+++ b/qmake/option.cpp	Wed Aug 18 10:37:55 2010 +0300
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
                     } else if(opt == "nodependheuristics") {
                         Option::mkfile::do_dep_heuristics = false;
                     } else if(opt == "E") {
+                        fprintf(stderr, "-E is deprecated. Use -d instead.\n");
                         Option::mkfile::do_preprocess = true;
                     } else if(opt == "cache") {
                         Option::mkfile::cachefile = argv[++x];
@@ -562,7 +563,6 @@
        Option::dir_sep = "/";
        Option::obj_ext = ".o";
    }
-   Option::qmake_abslocation = Option::fixPathToTargetOS(Option::qmake_abslocation);
 }
 
 bool Option::postProcessProject(QMakeProject *project)