issues with system harfbuzz-0.9.18
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/chromium-packagers/xULZMMsnolw

--- trunk/src/build/linux/unbundle/harfbuzz.gyp	2013/06/05 21:37:20	204344
+++ trunk/src/build/linux/unbundle/harfbuzz.gyp	2013/06/05 21:40:43	204345
@@ -3,24 +3,34 @@
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 {
+  'variables': {
+    # Check for presence of harfbuzz-icu library, use it if present.
+    'harfbuzz_libraries':
+        '<!(python <(DEPTH)/tools/compile_test/compile_test.py '
+        '--code "int main() { return 0; }" '
+        '--run-linker '
+        '--on-success "harfbuzz harfbuzz-icu" '
+        '--on-failure "harfbuzz" '
+        '-- -lharfbuzz-icu)',
+  },
   'targets': [
     {
       'target_name': 'harfbuzz-ng',
       'type': 'none',
       'cflags': [
-        '<!@(pkg-config --cflags harfbuzz)',
+        '<!@(pkg-config --cflags <(harfbuzz_libraries))',
       ],
       'direct_dependent_settings': {
         'cflags': [
-          '<!@(pkg-config --cflags harfbuzz)',
+          '<!@(pkg-config --cflags <(harfbuzz_libraries))',
         ],
       },
       'link_settings': {
         'ldflags': [
-          '<!@(pkg-config --libs-only-L --libs-only-other harfbuzz)',
+          '<!@(pkg-config --libs-only-L --libs-only-other <(harfbuzz_libraries))',
         ],
         'libraries': [
-          '<!@(pkg-config --libs-only-l harfbuzz)',
+          '<!@(pkg-config --libs-only-l <(harfbuzz_libraries))',
         ],
       },
     },