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+#ifndef TWEAK_H
+#define TWEAK_H
+
+#include <source.h>
+
+/* This function will break up the .bss section into multiple subsegments, 
+   depending on whether the .bss segment contains copy-relocated symbols.  This
+   will produce a nonstandard ELF file (with multiple .bss sections), tht the
+   linker will need to know how to handle.  The return value is the number of
+   segments that the .bss segment was broken into (zero if the .bss segment was
+   not modified. */
+
+int tweak_bss_if_necessary(source_t *source);
+
+#endif/*TWEAK_H*/