Avoid defining constants which causes at least dpkg build to think that sync_file_range(2) is available - which it is not. diff -u -r /home/fornwall/lib/android-ndk/sysroot/usr/include/fcntl.h ./usr/include/fcntl.h --- /home/fornwall/lib/android-ndk/sysroot/usr/include/fcntl.h 2017-06-07 01:07:52.000000000 +0200 +++ ./usr/include/fcntl.h 2017-06-18 02:03:25.533276409 +0200 @@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ #define SPLICE_F_MORE 4 #define SPLICE_F_GIFT 8 -#define SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE 1 -#define SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE 2 -#define SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER 4 - int creat(const char*, mode_t); #if __ANDROID_API__ >= 21