diff -r 63c5531cfdf7 Lib/distutils/tests/test_archive_util.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_archive_util.py	Sat Jan 07 09:33:28 2017 +0300
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_archive_util.py	Sat Jan 07 16:36:51 2017 +0100
@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@
         # now create another tarball using `tar`
         tarball2 = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'archive2.tar.gz')
         tar_cmd = ['tar', '-cf', 'archive2.tar', 'dist']
-        gzip_cmd = ['gzip', '-f9', 'archive2.tar']
+        # Issue 29185: use separate command line options as gzip on Android
+        # API 24 understands '-f9' as the name of a file.
+        gzip_cmd = ['gzip', '-f', '-9', 'archive2.tar']
         old_dir = os.getcwd()
         os.chdir(tmpdir)
         try:
diff -r 63c5531cfdf7 Lib/distutils/tests/test_file_util.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_file_util.py	Sat Jan 07 09:33:28 2017 +0300
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_file_util.py	Sat Jan 07 16:36:51 2017 +0100
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@
         copy_file(self.source, self.target, link='hard')
         st2 = os.stat(self.source)
         st3 = os.stat(self.target)
+        # Use the original inode number for the stat structures comparison as
+        # copy_file() falls back on copying file when os.link() fails (some
+        # systems don't support hard linking, e.g. Android see issue #29185).
+        if st2.st_ino != st3.st_ino:
+            st3 = os.stat_result([x if i != 1 else st2.st_ino
+                                            for (i, x) in enumerate(st3)])
         self.assertTrue(os.path.samestat(st, st2), (st, st2))
         self.assertTrue(os.path.samestat(st2, st3), (st2, st3))
         with open(self.source, 'r') as f: