Set uname_S to Linux instead of detecting build machine. Android does not support -lrt. diff -u -r ../git-2.10.0/config.mak.uname ./config.mak.uname --- ../git-2.10.0/config.mak.uname 2016-09-02 21:59:09.000000000 -0400 +++ ./config.mak.uname 2016-09-03 17:27:41.964893344 -0400 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Platform specific Makefile tweaks based on uname detection -uname_S := $(shell sh -c 'uname -s 2>/dev/null || echo not') +uname_S := Linux uname_M := $(shell sh -c 'uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo not') uname_O := $(shell sh -c 'uname -o 2>/dev/null || echo not') uname_R := $(shell sh -c 'uname -r 2>/dev/null || echo not') @@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ HAVE_DEV_TTY = YesPlease HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME = YesPlease HAVE_CLOCK_MONOTONIC = YesPlease - # -lrt is needed for clock_gettime on glibc <= 2.16 - NEEDS_LIBRT = YesPlease HAVE_GETDELIM = YesPlease SANE_TEXT_GREP=-a endif