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fix if_nametoindex return value when interface does not exist

the return value is unsigned, so negative results for "errors" do not
make sense; 0 is the value reserved for when the interface name does
not exist.
Rich Felker 10 years ago
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      src/network/if_nametoindex.c

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src/network/if_nametoindex.c

@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ unsigned if_nametoindex(const char *name)
 	strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, name, sizeof ifr.ifr_name);
 	r = ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr);
 	__syscall(SYS_close, fd);
-	return r < 0 ? r : ifr.ifr_ifindex;
+	return r < 0 ? 0 : ifr.ifr_ifindex;
 }