--- a/PKGBUILD	2014-06-13 22:16:24.000000000 +0300
+++ b/PKGBUILD	2014-06-13 22:20:21.802006906 +0300
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@
   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)
 }