From c7965e0c2108ea47795afdc7cf093a5da24be445 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Collins <rbtcollins@hp.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:30:31 +1300
Subject: Issue #23585: make patchcheck will ensure the interpreter is built.

---
 Makefile.pre.in | 2 +-
 Misc/NEWS       | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index d9ee777..f2eb92a 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ funny:
 		-o -print
 
 # Perform some verification checks on any modified files.
-patchcheck:
+patchcheck: all
 	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/patchcheck.py
 
 # Dependencies
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 13c4b3e..d3d4d8f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ Library
   The usage of os.scandir() reduces the number of calls to os.stat().
   Initial patch written by Ben Hoyt.
 
+Build
+-----
+
+- Issue #23585: make patchcheck will ensure the interpreter is built.
 
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