sub staticname { return __base($_[1], '.a') } # Name of static lib
# Convenience function to convert the shlib version to an acceptable part
-# of a file or directory name.
-sub shlib_version_as_filename { return $_[1] }
+# of a file or directory name. By default, we consider it acceptable as is.
+sub shlib_version_as_filename { return $config{shlib_version} }
# Convenience functions to convert the possible extension of an input file name
sub bin { return $_[0]->binname($_[1]) . $_[0]->binext() }