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  r66237 | brett.cannon | 2008-09-05 15:59:17 -0700 (Fri, 05 Sep 2008) | 7 lines

  GNU coding guidelines say that ``make check`` should verify the build. That
  clashes with what Python's build target did. Rename the target to 'patchcheck'
  to avoid the culture clash.

  Closes issue 3758.
  Reviewed by Benjamin Peterson.
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diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index cec8d3c..dee3fd0 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@
 		-o -print
 
 # Perform some verification checks on any modified files.
-check:
+patchcheck:
 	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/patchcheck.py
 
 # Dependencies