Without this patch meld can't find python3.9. --- meld-3.21.0/meson.build 2020-04-19 03:11:05.000000000 +0000 +++ meld-3.21.0/meson.build 2022-01-02 15:56:01.696648011 +0000 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ endif # These requirements are kept in both `bin/meld` and `meson.build`. If you # update one, update the other. -dependency('python3', version : '>= 3.6') +dependency('python-3.9', version : '>= 3.6') dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: '>= 3.20') dependency('glib-2.0', version: '>= 2.48') dependency('gtksourceview-4', version: '>= 4.0.0')