Re: Meson build error

Hey Werner,

this likely comes from the recent change in zlib's CMake configuration. They=
 did quite a large overhaul and changed the names of the output files, e.g. f=
rom "zlib.lib" to "z.lib", same with "z.dll".

I haven't had the chance to look at your logs but faced the same problem wit=
h Windows builds for their latest version.

Hope this helps, and thanks for FreeType! :)

Michael


> On 2. Mar 2026, at 05:38, Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Folks,
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> please have a look at
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>  https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype
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> and follow the link to the logs for failed Meson builds on Windows.
> They end with
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> ```
> Looking for a fallback subproject for the dependency zlib because:
> Use of fallback dependencies is forced.
> Downloading zlib source from https://zlib.net/zlib-1.3.2.tar.xz
> Download size: 1320064
> Downloading: ..........
> patch directory does not exists: zlib
> Subproject  zlib is buildable: NO (disabling)
> Dependency zlib from subproject zlib found: NO (subproject failed to confi=
gure)
> meson.build:304:2: ERROR: Subproject "subprojects/zlib" required but not f=
ound.
> ```
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> Where does this error come from?  I added the latest `zlib.wrap`
> version from
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>  https://github.com/mesonbuild/wrapdb/blob/master/subprojects/zlib.wrap
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> to the FreeType git =E2=80=93 is it possible that this one is buggy?  Do w=
e
> have to fix something in our Meson build (maybe requiring a newer
> Meson version)?
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> Please advise.
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>    Werner