diff -dur sip-4.1.1/siputils.py sip-4.1.1-new/siputils.py
--- sip-4.1.1/siputils.py	2004-09-24 18:56:00.000000000 -0700
+++ sip-4.1.1-new/siputils.py	2005-01-09 02:41:17.000000000 -0800
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
             qt_lib = self.config.qt_lib
 
             if self.generator in ("MSVC", "MSVC.NET", "BMAKE") and win_shared:
-                qt_lib = qt_lib + string.replace(version_to_string(self.config.qt_version), ".", "")
+                qt_lib = qt_lib + string.replace(version_to_string(self.config.qt_version), ".", "")[0]
 
                 if self.config.qt_edition == "non-commercial":
                     qt_lib = qt_lib + "nc"