[vlc-devel] error from cross-compiling : libtool: link: symbol file `harfbuzz.def' does not exist

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Hello developers,
I have build probs when I compile for win32 and dont know the cause.
I have included the relevant "error" snippets during the compilation as 
follows:

proj/vlc/contrib/win32$ make
::
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
src/Makefile.am:206: variable `EXTRA_libharfbuzz_la_DEPENDENCIES' is 
defined but no program or
src/Makefile.am:206: library has `EXTRA_libharfbuzz_la' as canonical 
name (possible typo)
autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'
running configure
::
cd harfbuzz && make install
make[1]: Entering directory 
`/media/passport_linux/home/jcardozo/proj/vlc/contrib/win32/harfbuzz'
Making install in src
make[2]: Entering directory 
`/media/passport_linux/home/jcardozo/proj/vlc/contrib/win32/harfbuzz/src'
make  install-recursive
make[3]: Entering directory 
`/media/passport_linux/home/jcardozo/proj/vlc/contrib/win32/harfbuzz/src'
Making install in hb-ucdn
make[4]: Entering directory 
`/media/passport_linux/home/jcardozo/proj/vlc/contrib/win32/harfbuzz/src/hb-ucdn'
make[5]: Entering directory 
`/media/passport_linux/home/jcardozo/proj/vlc/contrib/win32/harfbuzz/src/hb-ucdn'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
make[5]: Leaving directory 
`/media/passport_linux/home/jcardozo/proj/vlc/contrib/win32/harfbuzz/src/hb-ucdn'
make[4]: Leaving directory 
`/media/passport_linux/home/jcardozo/proj/vlc/contrib/win32/harfbuzz/src/hb-ucdn'
make[4]: Entering directory 
`/media/passport_linux/home/jcardozo/proj/vlc/contrib/win32/harfbuzz/src'
   GEN    libharfbuzz.la
libtool: link: symbol file `harfbuzz.def' does not exist
make[4]: *** [libharfbuzz.la] Error 1

Here are my environment details:
host: ubuntu

--host=i586-mingw32msvc

vlc : version 2.1.0-pre1 Rincewind
gcc version 4.6.1

Thanks,
Jack