----- Original Message -----
 
 From: Cliff Wickman <cpw(a)sgi.com>
 
 
 I build crash on systems that don't always have the git command
 as /usr/bin/git.
 
 Could you allow git to be in various places?  Something like below?
 
 Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman <cpw(a)sgi.com>
 ---
  extensions/eppic.mk |    3 ++-
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
 Index: crash-6.0.8/extensions/eppic.mk
 ===================================================================
 --- crash-6.0.8.orig/extensions/eppic.mk
 +++ crash-6.0.8/extensions/eppic.mk
 @@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ all:
        then \
          if  [ ! -f $(APPFILE) ]; \
          then \
 -	      if [ -f /usr/bin/git ]; \
 +	      GIT=`which git 2> /dev/null`; \
 +	      if [ -f $${GIT} ]; \
            then \
               git clone 
https://code.google.com/p/eppic eppic; \
            else \
  
Cliff,
I've got the GOOGLE-check stuff queued, and haven't gotten around to checking
Per's patch yet, but to keep things a bit clearer, how's this work for you?:
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
ifeq ($(TARGET), PPC64)
        TARGET_FLAGS = -D$(TARGET) -m64
else
        TARGET_FLAGS = -D$(TARGET)
endif
CRASH_REF_ROOT=
APPFILE=eppic/applications/crash/eppic.c
GOOGLE := $(shell ping -c 1 
code.google.com | grep "1 received")
GIT := $(shell which git 2> /dev/null)
all:
	@if [ -f /usr/bin/flex ] && [ -f /usr/bin/bison ]; then \
	  if [ -f ../$(GDB)/crash.target ]; \
        then \
        if  [ ! -f $(APPFILE) ]; \
        then \
          if [ -f "$(GIT)" ] && [ -n "$(GOOGLE)" ] ; \
          then \
             git clone 
https://code.google.com/p/eppic eppic; \
          else \
	     if [ ! -f "$(GIT)" ]; then \
	         echo "eppic.so: git command is needed for pulling eppic extension
code"; \
	     fi; \
          fi; \
        fi; \
        if  [ -f $(APPFILE) ]; \
        then \
	        make -f eppic.mk eppic.so; \
        else \
            echo "eppic.so: failed to pull eppic code from git repo"; \
        fi; \
      else \
	    echo "eppic.so: build failed: requires the crash $(GDB) module"; \
      fi ;\
	else \
	  echo "eppic.so: build failed: requires /usr/bin/flex and /usr/bin/bison"; \
    fi
lib-eppic: 
	cd eppic/libeppic && make
            
eppic.so: ../defs.h $(APPFILE) lib-eppic
	gcc -g -I.. -Ieppic/libeppic -I../$(GDB)/bfd -I../$(GDB)/include -I../$(GDB)/gdb
-I../$(GDB)/gdb/config -I../$(GDB)/gdb/common -I../$(GDB) -nostartfiles -shared -rdynamic
-o eppic.so $(APPFILE) -fPIC $(TARGET_FLAGS) $(GDB_FLAGS) -Leppic/libeppic -leppic 
clean:
	if  [ -d eppic/libeppic ]; \
	then \
	  cd eppic/libeppic && make -i clean; \
	fi
	rm -f eppic.so