meson.patch

diff '--color=auto' -uNr cairo-1.18.4/meson.build cairo-1.18.4.mod/meson.build
--- cairo-1.18.4/meson.build	2025-03-08 18:53:25.000000000 +0530
+++ cairo-1.18.4.mod/meson.build	2025-07-14 20:42:56.226164648 +0530
@@ -235,11 +235,13 @@
   conf.set('HAVE_ZLIB', 1)
 endif
 
-png_dep = dependency('libpng',
-  required: get_option('png'),
-  version: libpng_required_version,
-  fallback: ['libpng', 'libpng_dep']
+png_inc = include_directories(get_option('png_include_dir'))
+png_lib = cc.find_library('png16', dirs: [get_option('png_lib_dir')], required: true)
+png_dep = declare_dependency(
+  include_directories: png_inc,
+  dependencies: [png_lib]
 )
+
 if png_dep.found()
   feature_conf.set('CAIRO_HAS_SVG_SURFACE', 1)
   feature_conf.set('CAIRO_HAS_PNG_FUNCTIONS', 1)
@@ -265,7 +267,7 @@
 
 # Disable fontconfig by default on platforms where it is optional
 fontconfig_option = get_option('fontconfig')
-fontconfig_required = host_machine.system() not in ['windows', 'darwin']
+fontconfig_required = false 
 fontconfig_option = fontconfig_option.disable_auto_if(not fontconfig_required)
 
 fontconfig_dep = dependency('fontconfig',
@@ -304,11 +306,14 @@
 freetype_required = host_machine.system() not in ['windows', 'darwin']
 freetype_option = freetype_option.disable_auto_if(not freetype_required)
 
-freetype_dep = dependency('freetype2',
-  required: freetype_option,
-  version: freetype_required_version,
-  fallback: ['freetype2', 'freetype_dep'],
+freetype_inc = include_directories(get_option('freetype_include_dir'))
+freetype_lib = cc.find_library('freetype', dirs: [get_option('freetype_lib_dir')], required: true)
+
+freetype_dep = declare_dependency(
+  include_directories: freetype_inc,
+  dependencies: [freetype_lib]
 )
+
 if freetype_dep.found()
   feature_conf.set('CAIRO_HAS_FT_FONT', 1)
   built_features += [{
diff '--color=auto' -uNr cairo-1.18.4/meson.options cairo-1.18.4.mod/meson.options
--- cairo-1.18.4/meson.options	2025-03-08 18:53:25.000000000 +0530
+++ cairo-1.18.4.mod/meson.options	2025-07-14 20:43:00.473191452 +0530
@@ -28,3 +28,11 @@
 # Documentation
 option('gtk_doc', type : 'boolean', value : false,
        description: 'Build the Cairo API reference (depends on gtk-doc)')
+
+# Deps
+
+option('png_include_dir', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Path to PNG headers')
+option('png_lib_dir', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Path to PNG library')
+option('freetype_include_dir', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Path to FreeType headers')
+option('freetype_lib_dir', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Path to FreeType library')
+