--- rancid-2.3.8/configure.orig	2011-11-18 05:10:12.000000000 +0800
+++ rancid-2.3.8/configure	2013-12-04 07:25:46.897309472 +0800
@@ -5474,8 +5474,8 @@ else
 	if test $? -eq 0 ; then
 	    LG_PING_CMD="$PING_PATH -n 1"
 	else
-            as_fn_error "can't figure out how to pass count == 1 to $PING_PATH." "$LINENO" 5
-	    exit 1
+            # Default is BSD ping:
+            LG_PING_CMD="$PING_PATH -c 1"
 	fi
     fi
 fi