MINGW-packages: mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz cannot be downloaded

I’m trying to install harfbuzz with vcpkg version 2020.11-1 on Windows 7. The reason I’m using version 2020.11-1 is that any later version comes with Python 3.9+ which isn’t supported on Windows 7.

Part of the dependencies to install harfbuzz is the package brotli which attempts to download mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz but fails. Indeed, the file seems to not exist on msys2 neither any of its mirrors.

Would it be possible to add back this file to the msys2 packages, so that using vcpkg on Windows 7 is somewhat possible? Thank you!

More info: https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/3421

vcpkg install output:

$ git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
$ cd vcpkg
$ git checkout 2020.11-1
$ .\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
$ .\vcpkg install freetype:x64-windows harfbuzz:x64-windows
Computing installation plan...
The following packages will be built and installed:
  * brotli[core]:x64-windows
  * bzip2[core]:x64-windows
    freetype[bzip2,core,png]:x64-windows
    harfbuzz[core]:x64-windows
  * libpng[core]:x64-windows
  * ragel[core]:x64-windows
  * zlib[core]:x64-windows
Additional packages (*) will be modified to complete this operation.
Detecting compiler hash for triplet x64-windows...
Starting package 1/7: brotli:x64-windows
Building package brotli[core]:x64-windows...
Could not locate cached archive: C:\Users\Boris\AppData\Local\vcpkg\archives\d1\d15b61925bc1d3595878690a0e189ce8a37e6849.zip
-- Using cached C:/Users/Boris/vcpkg/downloads/google-brotli-e61745a6b7add50d380cfd7d3883dd6c62fc2c71.tar.gz
-- Cleaning sources at C:/Users/Boris/vcpkg/buildtrees/brotli/src/6c62fc2c71-a8c4ea9278.clean. Use --editable to skip cleaning for the packages you specify.
-- Extracting source C:/Users/Boris/vcpkg/downloads/google-brotli-e61745a6b7add50d380cfd7d3883dd6c62fc2c71.tar.gz
-- Applying patch install.patch
-- Applying patch fix-arm-uwp.patch
-- Applying patch pkgconfig.patch
-- Using source at C:/Users/Boris/vcpkg/buildtrees/brotli/src/6c62fc2c71-a8c4ea9278.clean
-- Configuring x64-windows
-- Building x64-windows-dbg
-- Building x64-windows-rel
-- Downloading https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
-- Downloading https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz... Failed. Status: 22;"HTTP response code said error"
-- Downloading https://www2.futureware.at/~nickoe/msys2-mirror/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
-- Downloading https://www2.futureware.at/~nickoe/msys2-mirror/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz... Failed. Status: 22;"HTTP response code said error"
-- Downloading https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/msys2/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
-- Downloading https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/msys2/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz... Failed. Status: 22;"HTTP response code said error"
-- Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
-- Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz... Failed. Status: 22;"HTTP response code said error"
-- Downloading https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
-- Downloading https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz... Failed. Status: 22;"HTTP response code said error"
-- Downloading https://mirror.bit.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
-- Downloading https://mirror.bit.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz... Failed. Status: 6;"Couldn't resolve host name"
-- Downloading https://mirror.selfnet.de/msys2/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
-- Downloading https://mirror.selfnet.de/msys2/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz... Failed. Status: 35;"SSL connect error"
-- Downloading https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
-- Downloading https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/msys2/mingw/i686/mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config-0.29.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz... Failed. Status: 35;"SSL connect error"
CMake Error at scripts/cmake/vcpkg_download_distfile.cmake:182 (message):

      Failed to download file.
      If you use a proxy, please set the HTTPS_PROXY and HTTP_PROXY environment
      variables to "https://user:password@your-proxy-ip-address:port/".
      Otherwise, please submit an issue at https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/issues

Call Stack (most recent call first):
  scripts/cmake/vcpkg_acquire_msys.cmake:88 (vcpkg_download_distfile)
  scripts/cmake/vcpkg_acquire_msys.cmake:136 (msys_package_download)
  scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake:427 (vcpkg_acquire_msys)
  scripts/cmake/vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig.cmake:271 (vcpkg_find_acquire_program)
  ports/brotli/portfile.cmake:25 (vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig)
  scripts/ports.cmake:135 (include)


Error: Building package brotli:x64-windows failed with: BUILD_FAILED
Please ensure you're using the latest portfiles with `.\vcpkg update`, then
submit an issue at https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/issues including:
  Package: brotli:x64-windows
  Vcpkg version: 2020.06.15-nohash

Additionally, attach any relevant sections from the log files above.