potential fix for #261

NEWS

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
 	check_http When checking certificate, don't check content/status
 	Fix ax_with_python not crashing on Python3 (Michael Orlitzky)
 	Fix rpmbuild errors (Josh Coughlan)
+	check_ping: FreeBSD ping working natively
 
 
 2.2.1 2017-04-19

configure.ac

@@ -1075,6 +1075,12 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(ping_command,
 		[sets syntax for ICMP ping]),
 	with_ping_command=$withval,)
 
+dnl AS I WAS LOOKING INTO THIS... (Bryan Heden 09/2017)
+dnl Ping packets first was a bit confusing
+dnl it doesn't actually mean "packet count first"
+dnl it means packets come before specifying host
+dnl If a timeout is specified, that comes first
+
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for ICMP ping syntax)
 ac_cv_ping_packets_first=no
 ac_cv_ping_has_timeout=no
@@ -1124,6 +1130,14 @@ then
 	ac_cv_ping_packets_first=yes
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([$with_ping_command])
 
+elif $PATH_TO_PING -n -t 10 -c 1 127.0.0.1 2>/dev/null | \
+  egrep -i "^round-trip|^rtt" >/dev/null
+then
+  with_ping_command="$PATH_TO_PING -n -t %d -c %d %s"
+  ac_cv_ping_packets_first=yes
+  ac_cv_ping_has_timeout=yes
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$with_ping_command])
+
 elif $PATH_TO_PING -n -c 1 127.0.0.1 2>/dev/null | \
 	egrep -i "^round-trip|^rtt" >/dev/null
 then
@@ -1240,6 +1254,14 @@ elif test "x$PATH_TO_PING6" != "x"; then
 		ac_cv_ping6_packets_first=yes
 		AC_MSG_RESULT([$with_ping6_command])
 
+  elif $PATH_TO_PING6 -n -X 10 -c 1 ::1 2>/dev/null | \
+    egrep -i "^round-trip|^rtt" >/dev/null
+  then
+    with_ping6_command="$PATH_TO_PING6 -n -X %d -c %d %s"
+    ac_cv_ping6_packets_first=yes
+    ac_cv_ping_has_timeout=yes
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([$with_ping6_command])
+
 	elif $PATH_TO_PING6 -n -c 1 ::1 2>/dev/null | \
 		egrep -i "^round-trip|^rtt" >/dev/null
 	then