--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/10/30 22:52:25	1.437
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/11/01 16:37:21	1.439
@@ -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 1.439 2003/11/01 16:37:21 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2449,7 +2449,7 @@ sub customaccess {
 
 sub allowed {
     my ($priv,$uri)=@_;
-
+    $uri=&deversion($uri);
     my $orguri=$uri;
     $uri=&declutter($uri);
 
@@ -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';
@@ -4013,14 +4013,16 @@ sub symblist {
 
 sub symbverify {
     my ($symb,$thisfn)=@_;
-    $thisfn=&symbclean(&declutter($thisfn));
+    $thisfn=&declutter($thisfn);
 # direct jump to resource in page or to a sequence - will construct own symbs
     if ($thisfn=~/\.(page|sequence)$/) { return 1; }
 # check URL part
     my ($map,$resid,$url)=&decode_symb($symb);
+
     unless ($url eq $thisfn) { return 0; }
 
     $symb=&symbclean($symb);
+    $thisfn=&deversion($thisfn);
 
     my %bighash;
     my $okay=0;
@@ -4091,6 +4093,12 @@ sub fixversion {
     return &declutter($uri);
 }
 
+sub deversion {
+    my $url=shift;
+    $url=~s/\.\d+\.(\w+)$/\.$1/;
+    return $url;
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------ Return symb list entry
 
 sub symbread {