lib: use ssize_t to store result from write()

diff --git a/src/lib/connection.c b/src/lib/connection.c
index 1465fbcb607b305a8689607d209756ed332ca33b..691b3bd2e4b00079843cf9d88c13682d3a47f3b2 100644 (file)
--- a/src/lib/connection.c
+++ b/src/lib/connection.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ sync_send(lldpctl_conn_t *lldpctl,
     const uint8_t *data, size_t length, void *user_data)
 {
        struct lldpctl_conn_sync_t *conn = user_data;
-       size_t nb;
+       ssize_t nb;
 
        if (conn->fd == -1 &&
            ((conn->fd = sync_connect(lldpctl)) == -1)) {