I was trying to build Chromium on my Linux workstation but it fails with 

[30922/31241] ACTION //tools/v8_context_snapshot:gene...8_context_snapshot(//build/toolchain/linux:clang_x64)
FAILED: v8_context_snapshot.bin 
python ../../build/gn_run_binary.py ./v8_context_snapshot_generator --output_file=v8_context_snapshot.bin
././v8_context_snapshot_generator: symbol lookup error: /usr/local/google/home/karandeepb/Desktop/chromium/src/out/Default/./libfreetype.so.6: undefined symbol: uscript_getShortName_59
./v8_context_snapshot_generator failed with exit code 127

Adding 
use_v8_context_snapshot = false
as a gn arg, resolves the issue.