Fixes error when building fontconfig:

checking for FREETYPE... no
configure: error: Package requirements (freetype2 >= 21.0.15) were not met:

Package dependency requirement 'freetype2 >= 21.0.15' could not be satisfied.
Package 'freetype2' has version '6.17.4', required version is '>= 21.0.15'

Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls@t-online.de>

Meson configures and builds faster. It's also simpler.

Backport upstream patch fixing compilation without harfbuzz and brotli.

Added distutils patch for some debian systems.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>