Serious issue with VLC (even downgrade does not fix it?!?)

Hello all,
yesterday I've updated my Arch after a while. After update, VLC stopped working, it just segfaults on start. Here is the log output:
$ vlc -vvv
VLC media player 2.1.4 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-0-g2a072be)
[0x1ccf058] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - 2.1.4 Rincewind
[0x1ccf058] main libvlc debug: Copyright © 1996-2014 the VideoLAN team
[0x1ccf058] main libvlc debug: revision 2.1.4-0-g2a072be
[0x1ccf058] main libvlc debug: configured with ./configure '--prefix=/usr' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--disable-rpath' '--enable-faad' '--enable-nls' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-aa' '--enable-vcdx' '--enable-upnp' '--enable-opus' '--enable-sftp' 'LUAC=/usr/bin/luac' 'LUA_LIBS=-llua -lm ' 'RCC=/usr/bin/rcc-qt4' 'CFLAGS=-I/usr/include/samba-4.0' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro' 'CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/include/samba-4.0' 'CXXFLAGS=-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4'
[0x1ccf058] main libvlc debug: searching plug-in modules
[0x1ccf058] main libvlc debug: loading plugins cache file /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat
[0x1ccf058] main libvlc warning: cannot read /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat (No such file or directory)
[0x1ccf058] main libvlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins'
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
I tried downgrading VLC back to 2.1.2, which used to work, but at my unpleasant surprise it crashes with the same error:
$ vlc -vvv
VLC media player 2.1.2 Rincewind (revision 2.1.2-0-ga4c4876)
[0x1488058] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - 2.1.2 Rincewind
[0x1488058] main libvlc debug: Copyright © 1996-2013 the VideoLAN team
[0x1488058] main libvlc debug: revision 2.1.2-0-ga4c4876
[0x1488058] main libvlc debug: configured with ./configure '--prefix=/usr' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--disable-rpath' '--enable-faad' '--enable-nls' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-aa' '--enable-vcdx' '--enable-upnp' '--enable-opus' '--enable-sftp' 'LUAC=/usr/bin/luac' 'LUA_LIBS=-llua -lm ' 'RCC=/usr/bin/rcc-qt4' 'CFLAGS=-I/usr/include/samba-4.0' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro' 'CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/include/samba-4.0' 'CXXFLAGS=-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4'
[0x1488058] main libvlc debug: searching plug-in modules
[0x1488058] main libvlc debug: loading plugins cache file /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat
[0x1488058] main libvlc warning: cannot read /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat (No such file or directory)
[0x1488058] main libvlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins'
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
During upgrade I noticed strange segfault whilst updating the VLC:
upgrading vlc [####################################################] 100%
/tmp/alpm_wQxpzI/.INSTALL: line 1: 10842 Segmentation fault (core dumped) usr/lib/vlc/vlc-cache-gen -f /usr/lib/vlc/plugins
I even tried building my own VLC from git and after everything compiles, make fails with the same error:
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/dodo/Build/vlc/vlc/bin'
GEN ../modules/plugins.dat
/bin/sh: line 4: 11486 Segmentation fault (core dumped) ./vlc-cache-gen ../modules
I tried running the vlc-cache-gen under gdb to investigate the segfault it appears to be in glibc (?!?):
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007ffff67ed44a in __strcmp_sse2_unaligned () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6
#1 0x00007fffef413ab9 in g_str_equal () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0x00007fffef4131e0 in g_hash_table_lookup () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0x00007fffef4329a0 in g_quark_from_static_string () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4 0x00007fffed7b989c in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#5 0x00007ffff7dea9ca in call_init.part () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
#6 0x00007ffff7deaab3 in _dl_init_internal () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
#7 0x00007ffff7deec08 in dl_open_worker () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
#8 0x00007ffff7dea884 in _dl_catch_error () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
#9 0x00007ffff7dee3fb in _dl_open () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
#10 0x00007ffff726c02b in ?? () from /usr/lib/libdl.so.2
#11 0x00007ffff7dea884 in _dl_catch_error () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
#12 0x00007ffff726c5dd in ?? () from /usr/lib/libdl.so.2
#13 0x00007ffff726c0c1 in dlopen () from /usr/lib/libdl.so.2
#14 0x00007ffff79623cb in ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7
#15 0x00007ffff79476db in ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7
#16 0x00007ffff794751a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7
#17 0x00007ffff79473d9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7
#18 0x00007ffff794740e in ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7
#19 0x00007ffff79470c3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#20 0x00007ffff7946ece in ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7
#21 0x00007ffff7946a68 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7
#22 0x00007ffff78bf944 in libvlc_InternalInit () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7
#23 0x00007ffff7bc573e in libvlc_new () from /usr/lib/libvlc.so.5
#24 0x00000000004008fe in main (argc=2, argv=<optimized out>) at cachegen.c:99
I tried downgrading glibc back to 2.8.12 (and all dependencies), but the error persists.
The pacman upgrade log is here.
NOTE:
In my /etc/pacman.conf, I've got following packages set to ignore:
IgnorePkg = linux linux-headers ati-dri mesa mesa-libgl xf86-video-ati xf86-video-vesa xf86-input-synaptics xf86-input-mouse xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-evdev xorg-server gnupg libgcrypt glamor-egl
This is because I have to stick with 3.10.10 kernel, 9.2.0 ati-dri, 1.14.4 Xserver and 1.5.3 libgcrypt (XServer dependency) because if I upgrade any of these packages, I end up with unbootable system (my laptop HP Compaq nx9420 RU478EA has got old ATI Radeon X1600 that obviously is not supported anymore with mesa 10 and kernel 3.11 and newer).
Any ideas about how to make VLC work? It is my favourite video and DVB-T TV player...

In the meantime I've solved the boot problem (see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=178789) and I've been tracing steps to find out why VLC segfaults.
So, I've pulled the latest VLC from their git and went on compiling. Of course, make failed while generating plugins.dat file. Target that builds that file uses vlc-cache-gen utility that segfaults. I've taken the liberty of modifying the source code and adding various printf's throughout the code to pinpoint the source code line that segfaults.
The trace of vlc-cache-gen's source code showed me that segfault happens while calling libvlc_new function. I've traced eve further and found that segfaults happens in calling module_LoadPlugins (line ~153 in src/libvlc.c inside libvlc_InternalInit - note that line numbers have offset because of my printf's). Tracing even deeper guided me to function module_InitDynamic inside src/modules/bank.c (somewhere around line 638). For some plugins module_Load function call worked and for some segfaulted.
By taking a look of implementation of module_Load function in src/posix/plugin.c, I've found out that line that segfaults is "module_handle_t handle = dlopen (path, flags);" when trying to load "../modules/.libs/libnotify_plugin.so", i.e. the issue is not in VLC, but in dlopen. I've tried removing libnotify_plugin.so from generated .libs/ plugins, but then segfault appeared on libkate_plugin.so. Moreover, I had to remove following plugins to avoid the segfault:
libnotify_plugin.so
libkate_plugin.so
libgnomevfs_plugin.so
gui/qt4/libqt4_plugin.so
After removing those plugins, vlc-cache-gen did the job, but VLC still didn't work because obviously it requires at least libqt4_plugin.
I've also tried reinstalling libnotify and then rebuilding VLC, but I've got nevertheless segfault on dlopen of libnotify_plugin.so and other mentioned libraries.
How should I approach the problem now? Obviously something is wrong with dlopen - this explains why downgrading the VLC didn't fix the issue. How to debug dlopen? GDB backtrace of dlopen gives me following trace:
#0 0x00007ffff67ed44a in __strcmp_sse2_unaligned () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6
#1 0x00007fffeebfcab9 in g_str_equal () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0x00007fffeebfc1e0 in g_hash_table_lookup () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0x00007fffeec1b9a0 in g_quark_from_static_string () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4 0x00007fffecfa289c in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#5 0x00007ffff7dea9ca in call_init.part () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
#6 0x00007ffff7deaab3 in _dl_init_internal () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
#7 0x00007ffff7deec08 in dl_open_worker () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
#8 0x00007ffff7dea884 in _dl_catch_error () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
#9 0x00007ffff7dee3fb in _dl_open () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
#10 0x00007ffff726c02b in ?? () from /usr/lib/libdl.so.2
#11 0x00007ffff7dea884 in _dl_catch_error () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
#12 0x00007ffff726c5dd in ?? () from /usr/lib/libdl.so.2
#13 0x00007ffff726c0c1 in dlopen () from /usr/lib/libdl.so.2
My guess that one of the strings in g_str_equal is either NULL or points to freed memory. But how to verify that?
Any ideas would be highly appreciated.

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