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/platforms/android-21/arch-arm/usr/include/fcntl.h ./usr/include/fcntl.h --- /home/fornwall/lib/android-ndk/platforms/android-21/arch-arm/usr/include/fcntl.h 2014-10-14 22:53:49.000000000 -0400 +++ ./usr/include/fcntl.h 2014-12-16 05:51:38.371338608 -0500 @@ -59,10 +59,6 @@ #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 - extern int creat(const char*, mode_t); extern int creat64(const char*, mode_t); extern int fallocate64(int, int, off64_t, off64_t);