Index: /trunk/cheesecake/cheesecake_index.py
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--- /trunk/cheesecake/cheesecake_index.py (revision 2)
+++ /trunk/cheesecake/cheesecake_index.py (revision 6)
@@ -726,4 +726,12 @@
             self.index[index_type].details = "pylint not available"
             return self.index[index_type]
+	# Now try to actually run the pylint script
+        p = Popen(["pylint"], stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
+        output = p.communicate()[0]
+        rc = p.returncode
+        if rc:
+            # We encountered an error
+            self.index[index_type].details = "pylint not properly installed"
+            return self.index[index_type]
         index_pylint = 0
         cnt = 0