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.

Makefile.pre.in

@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ funny:
 		-o -print
 
 # Perform some verification checks on any modified files.
-check:
+patchcheck:
 	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/patchcheck.py
 
 # Dependencies

Misc/NEWS

@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ Tests
 
 - Issue 3768: Move test_py3kwarn over to the new API for catch_warnings().
 
+Build
+-----
+
+- Issue 3758: Rename the 'check' target to 'patchcheck' so as to not clash with
+  GNU build target guidelines.
+
 
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