Index: configure
--- configure.orig
+++ configure
@@ -5500,7 +5500,7 @@ fi
 # ping seems to take one of two formats for count (N)
 # BSD: ping -c N host
 # SVR: ping host N
-$PING_PATH -c 1 -v 127.0.0.1 > /dev/null 2>&1
+true
 if test $? -eq 0 ; then
     LG_PING_CMD="$PING_PATH -c 1"
 else