--- a/PKGBUILD	2014-06-13 21:51:57.000000000 +0300
+++ b/PKGBUILD	2014-06-13 21:58:34.411813000 +0300
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@
     _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