> > This looks like
> >
> > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues/1146
> > It seems perhaps so.
>
> I don't know anything about FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SYSTEM_ZLIB nor how or
> when to use it, so advice would be welcomed.
Looking again at your original e-mail I now see that you are
configuring FreeType incorrectly:
```
./configure
--with-sysroot="..." \
--host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
--prefix="..." \
--disable-shared \
--enable-static \
--build=x86_64-linux-gnu \
--with-zlib="/home/u/Desktop/.../x86_64-w64-mingw32" \ <---
--with-harfbuzz=no
```
If you say `./configure --help` you get the following:
```
--with-zlib=[yes|no|auto]
use system zlib instead of internal library
[default=auto]
...
Some influential environment variables:
...
ZLIB_CFLAGS C compiler flags for ZLIB, overriding pkg-config
ZLIB_LIBS linker flags for ZLIB, overriding pkg-config
...
```
You are setting `--with-zlib` to a path. FreeType's `configure`
script interprets this as `no`, thus making FreeType use its internal
zlib library...
Werner
