Hi Lianbo, -----Original Message----- > >>> -GITHUB := $(shell ping -c 1 github.com | grep "1 received") > >> BTW: Is it possible to fix this issue with the option -W? For example: > >> > >> GITHUB := $(shell ping -c 1 -W 2 github.com | grep "1 received") > >> ^^^^ > > No, this doesn't solve the former issue in an environment where ping > > doesn't work but "git clone" does work. I have such an environment.. > > > Interesting. Seems that ping doesn't work because of the network policy > or other reason? Probably it's the network policy. > > For my side, the -W option will provide a timeout. > > > In the first place, what is the ping check needed for? I'm not sure > > why it is there. If it's for avoiding long timeout of "git clone", > > it would not be solved by the ping check everywhere, i.e. in a place > > where ping works but git clone doesn't work. In this case, something > > like "timeout 20 git clone ..." might be better. > > > This still depends on the network speed. > > Anyway, this change looks good. Acked-by: Lianbo Jiang <lijiang@xxxxxxxxxx> Thanks, but sorry, I've changed my mind.. For safety, I would like to keep the ping check, and I will give up the automated "git clone" in the specific environment. I found that I can build it by manual "git clone" and "make extensions". Could you check the following patch again? >From dd4bf22a49b36141afb0c0912171170b8ab2ae01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kazuhito Hagio <k-hagio-ab@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:38:41 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] extensions/eppic.mk: move ping check to recipe script Without this patch, in an environment where ping to github.com does not work, "make clean" at the top-level crash directory always takes about 10 seconds unnecessarily. $ time make clean ... real 0m10.398s Signed-off-by: Kazuhito Hagio <k-hagio-ab@xxxxxxx> --- extensions/eppic.mk | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/extensions/eppic.mk b/extensions/eppic.mk index c79170a596b7..bda69da6706f 100644 --- a/extensions/eppic.mk +++ b/extensions/eppic.mk @@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ ifeq ($(TARGET), X86) endif APPFILE=eppic/applications/crash/eppic.c -GITHUB := $(shell ping -c 1 github.com | grep "1 received") GIT := $(shell which git 2> /dev/null) all: @@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ all: if [ -n "$(EPPIC_GIT_URL)" ]; then \ git clone "$(EPPIC_GIT_URL)" eppic; \ else \ - if [ -n "$(GITHUB)" ] ; then \ + if ping -c 1 -W 5 github.com >/dev/null ; then \ git clone https://github.com/lucchouina/eppic.git eppic; \ fi; \ fi; \ -- 2.18.4 -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility