Do not use extern, but if_nametoindex from libc instead.

Author: mbr

src/net/if_.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! Uses Linux and/or POSIX functions to resolve interface names like "eth0"
 //! or "socan1" into device numbers.
 
-use libc::{c_char, c_uint};
+use libc::{c_uint, if_nametoindex};
 use std::ffi::{CString, NulError};
 use std::io;
 
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ impl From<io::Error> for NameToIndexError {
     }
 }
 
-extern {
-    fn if_nametoindex(ifname: *const c_char) -> c_uint;
-}
-
 /// Resolve an interface into a interface number.
 pub fn name_to_index(name: &str) -> Result<c_uint, NameToIndexError> {
     let name = try!(CString::new(name));