+ return FALSE;
+
+ uncompressed_size = bfd_compress_section_contents (abfd, sec,
+ uncompressed_buffer,
+ uncompressed_size);
+ return uncompressed_size != 0;
+}
+
+/*
+FUNCTION
+ bfd_compress_section
+
+SYNOPSIS
+ bfd_boolean bfd_compress_section
+ (bfd *abfd, asection *section, bfd_byte *uncompressed_buffer);
+
+DESCRIPTION
+ If open for write, compress section, update section size with
+ compressed size and set compress_status to COMPRESS_SECTION_DONE.
+
+ Return @code{FALSE} if compression fail. Otherwise, return
+ @code{TRUE}.
+*/
+
+bfd_boolean
+bfd_compress_section (bfd *abfd, sec_ptr sec, bfd_byte *uncompressed_buffer)
+{
+ bfd_size_type uncompressed_size = sec->size;
+
+ /* Error if not opened for write. */
+ if (abfd->direction != write_direction
+ || uncompressed_size == 0
+ || uncompressed_buffer == NULL
+ || sec->contents != NULL
+ || sec->compressed_size != 0
+ || sec->compress_status != COMPRESS_SECTION_NONE)