--- a/PKGBUILD	2014-06-13 20:32:53.980107000 +0300
+++ b/PKGBUILD	2014-06-13 20:51:53.158278000 +0300
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
     while read -d '' _lib; do
         _soname="$(dirname "${_lib}")/$(LC_ALL=C readelf -d "${_lib}" | sed -nr 's/.*Library soname: \[(.*)\].*/\1/p')"
         [[ -e "${_soname}" ]] || ln -s "$(basename "${_lib}")" "${_soname}"
-        [[ -e "${_soname/.[0-9]*/}" ]] || ln -s "$(basename "${_soname}")" "${_soname/.[0-9]*/}"
+        _linkname="${_soname}"
+        # if the path component after last slash contains .so, remove everything after it
+        [[ "${_linkname##*\/}" == *.so.* ]] && _linkname="${_soname%.so.*}.so"
+        [[ -e "${_linkname}" ]] || ln -s "$(basename "${_soname}")" "${_linkname}"
     done < <(find "${pkgdir}" -type f -name '*.so*' -print0)
 }