diff --git a/private/colm/colm.SlackBuild b/private/colm/colm.SlackBuild
index 5f97ca9..d3f6274 100755
--- a/private/colm/colm.SlackBuild
+++ b/private/colm/colm.SlackBuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # Slackware build script for colm
 
@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@
 #  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
+cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
+
 PRGNAM=colm
 VERSION=${VERSION:-0.14.7}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
@@ -35,7 +38,14 @@ if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   esac
 fi
 
-CWD=$(pwd)
+# If the variable PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME is set, then this script will report what
+# the name of the created package would be, and then exit. This information
+# could be useful to other scripts.
+if [ ! -z "${PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME}" ]; then
+  echo "$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
@@ -95,8 +105,10 @@ mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a $DOCS $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
+rm -f $PKG/usr/lib*/*.?a
+
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 
 cd $PKG
-/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE