One step closer... It looks like the problem is actually libpng, not
freetype...
From config.ep:
gcc -D_ISOC99_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -DPIC -O2
-g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions
-fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches
-m64 -mtune=generic -fomit-frame-pointer -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer
-fPIC -pthread -I/usr/include/freetype2 -c -o /tmp/mythtv_conf.ouu274d1.o
/tmp/mythtv_conf.kdxRXim8.c
gcc -Wl,--as-needed -o /tmp/mythtv_conf.e4ylrk2y
/tmp/mythtv_conf.ouu274d1.o -lfreetype -lz -lpng16 -lxvidcore -lx264 -lvpx
-lvpx -lvpx -lvpx -lvorbisenc -lvorbis -logg -ltheoraenc -ltheoradec -logg
-lmp3lame -lcrystalhd -lm -luuid -pthread -lz
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpng16
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
ERROR! You must have FreeType installed to compile MythTV.
I'm guessing linpng soname was bumped in rawhide?
Thanks,
Richard