Hi All,
I have an issue trying to use the python gdal bindings. Even just
importing (`from osgeo import gdal`) fails because the python bindings
try to reference libgdal.so.37, but the gdal package ships
libgdal.so.38.
I'm not sure how this happens, given that both packages are built buy
the same PKGBUILD
(https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/gdal).
To reproduce:
```
$ sudo pacman -S gdal python-gdal
$ python
Python 3.14.2 (main, Jan 2 2026, 14:27:39) [GCC 15.2.1 20251112] on
linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
from osgeo import gdal
ERROR 1: libgdal.so.37: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory
ERROR 1: libgdal.so.37: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory
```
Unfortunately I'm not able to reproduce this with the Arch Linux docker
image, it pulls completely different versions these packages. That might
be a me problem.
Other than being an issue when trying to use the python-gdal package
directly, it also prevents me from using qgis effectively, since it also
relies on the python gdal bindings. qgis itself appears to be built
against libgdal.so.38 as expected, it's the built in plugins that rely
on python-gdal.
Can anyone reproduce this?
Many Thanks
Max
