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  r66819 | brett.cannon | 2008-10-06 15:44:37 -0700 (Mon, 06 Oct 2008) | 4 lines

  Add the 'patchcheck' build target to .PHONY.

  Re-closes issue 3758. Thanks to Ralph Corderoy for the catch.
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diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 8451445..4b9d2bf 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -1204,6 +1204,6 @@
 .PHONY: frameworkinstall frameworkinstallframework frameworkinstallstructure
 .PHONY: frameworkinstallmaclib frameworkinstallapps frameworkinstallunixtools
 .PHONY: frameworkaltinstallunixtools recheck autoconf clean clobber distclean 
-.PHONY: smelly funny
+.PHONY: smelly funny patchcheck
 
 # IF YOU PUT ANYTHING HERE IT WILL GO AWAY
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 7564d11..aba287c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
 - Issue #4014: Don't claim that Python has an Alpha release status, in addition
   to claiming it is Mature.
 
+Build
+-----
+
+- Issue #3758: Add ``patchcheck`` build target to .PHONY.
+
 
 What's New in Python 2.6 final
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