Disable broken logic for finding freetype2 that hits symlink loops. diff -dupr reportlab-3.6.9.orig/setup.py reportlab-3.6.9/setup.py --- reportlab-3.6.9.orig/setup.py 2022-03-28 10:13:33.892516135 +0200 +++ reportlab-3.6.9/setup.py 2022-03-28 10:49:11.048573739 +0200 @@ -737,13 +737,10 @@ def main(): else: FT_LIB=FT_LIB_DIR=FT_INC_DIR=FT_MACROS=[] else: - ftv, I, L = inc_lib_dirs('freetype') FT_LIB=['freetype'] - FT_LIB_DIR=L - FT_INC_DIR=I + FT_LIB_DIR=[] + FT_INC_DIR=['/usr/include/freetype2'] FT_MACROS = [('RENDERPM_FT',None)] - infoline('installing with freetype version %s' % ftv) - infoline('FT_LIB_DIR=%r FT_INC_DIR=%r' % (FT_LIB_DIR,FT_INC_DIR)) if not FT_LIB: infoline('# installing without freetype no ttf, sorry!') infoline('# You need to install a static library version of the freetype2 software')