Hmm, it's been too long
I remember the error, but that path is very odd; I have no idea why it would have been working there. So I reran ./configure, then reran make -d, and it seemed to go okay until this:
Finished prerequisites of target file `ltdl/libltdl.la'.
Must remake target `ltdl/libltdl.la'.
/bin/bash ./libtool --silent --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -pthreads -no-undefined -version-info 4:0:1 -L/usr/openwin/lib -R/usr/openwin/lib -L/usr/local/lib -R/usr/local/lib -lfreetype -lz -o ltdl/libltdl.la ltdl/ltdl.lo -ldl
Putting child 0x081af980 (ltdl/libltdl.la) PID 27472 on the chain.
Live child 0x081af980 (ltdl/libltdl.la) PID 27472
libtool: link: warning: library `/usr/local/lib/libfreetype.la' was moved.
libtool: link: warning: `-version-info/-version-number' is ignored for convenience libraries
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Reaping losing child 0x081af980 PID 27472
make: *** [ltdl/libltdl.la] Error 1
Removing child 0x081af980 PID 27472 from chain.