--- a/PKGBUILD	2014-06-13 21:40:29.922870848 +0300
+++ b/PKGBUILD	2014-06-13 21:40:39.426253187 +0300
@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@
         _soname="$(dirname ${_lib})/$(LC_ALL=C readelf -d "$_lib" | sed -nr 's/.*Library soname: \[(.*)\].*/\1/p')"
         if [ ! -e "${_soname}" ]; then
             ln -s "$(basename ${_lib})" "${_soname}"
-            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="${_soname%.so.*}.so"
+            ln -s "$(basename "${_soname}")" "${_linkname}"
         fi
     done