--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/10/30 22:52:25	1.437
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/10/31 22:20:37	1.438
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.437 2003/10/30 22:52:25 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.438 2003/10/31 22:20:37 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -3993,13 +3993,13 @@ sub gettitle {
 
 sub symblist {
     my ($mapname,%newhash)=@_;
-    $mapname=declutter($mapname);
+    $mapname=&deversion(&declutter($mapname));
     my %hash;
     if (($ENV{'request.course.fn'}) && (%newhash)) {
         if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_symb.db',
                       &GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
 	    foreach (keys %newhash) {
-                $hash{declutter($_)}=$mapname.'___'.$newhash{$_};
+                $hash{declutter($_)}=$mapname.'___'.&deversion($newhash{$_});
             }
             if (untie(%hash)) {
 		return 'ok';
@@ -4091,6 +4091,12 @@ sub fixversion {
     return &declutter($uri);
 }
 
+sub deversion {
+    my $url=shift;
+    $url=~s/\.\d+\.(\w+)$/\.$1/;
+    return $url;
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------ Return symb list entry
 
 sub symbread {