So it binds to whatever version is present at build time?
Yes, like do a number of Arch packages
Is there any way to avoid this issue?
Maintain your own pkgbuild locally without libx264.so; after the libx264.so soname bump the program will not run
Some users might choose to ignore the x264 upgrade when they see it, which isn't a good idea.
Partial upgrades are unsupported also new packages linked against the new version will fail to run with the old version installed
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FabioLolix commented on 2025-08-10 21:05 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-05 19:21 (UTC) by FabioLolix)
This pkgbuild is maintained at: https://github.com/FabioLolix/PKGBUILD
When you get the error:
You need to uninstall the package, delete the old version if still around and rebuild the package (reinstalling the previous package will not work)