--- /dev/null
+From 7d01859ef16e6b65bc023ad8bebfedecb088bf81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Victor Zverovich <viz@fb.com>
+Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 12:32:34 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix handling of unsigned char strings in printf
+
+---
+ include/fmt/core.h | 8 ++++++++
+ test/printf-test.cc | 6 ++++++
+ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
+index 6df2875ac..dc10722bf 100644
+--- a/include/fmt/core.h
++++ b/include/fmt/core.h
+@@ -972,6 +972,14 @@ template <typename Context> struct arg_mapper {
+ static_assert(std::is_same<char_type, char>::value, "invalid string type");
+ return reinterpret_cast<const char*>(val);
+ }
++ FMT_CONSTEXPR const char* map(signed char* val) {
++ const auto* const_val = val;
++ return map(const_val);
++ }
++ FMT_CONSTEXPR const char* map(unsigned char* val) {
++ const auto* const_val = val;
++ return map(const_val);
++ }
+
+ FMT_CONSTEXPR const void* map(void* val) { return val; }
+ FMT_CONSTEXPR const void* map(const void* val) { return val; }
+diff --git a/test/printf-test.cc b/test/printf-test.cc
+index 5aaa27b13..545e02aab 100644
+--- a/test/printf-test.cc
++++ b/test/printf-test.cc
+@@ -447,6 +447,12 @@ TEST(PrintfTest, String) {
+ EXPECT_PRINTF(L" (null)", L"%10s", null_wstr);
+ }
+
++TEST(PrintfTest, UCharString) {
++ unsigned char str[] = "test";
++ unsigned char* pstr = str;
++ EXPECT_EQ("test", fmt::sprintf("%s", pstr));
++}
++
+ TEST(PrintfTest, Pointer) {
+ int n;
+ void* p = &n;
--- /dev/null
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+CMAKE_ECLASS=cmake
+inherit cmake-multilib
+
+DESCRIPTION="Small, safe and fast formatting library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+IUSE="test"
+SLOT="0/$(ver_cut 1)"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
+ EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt.git"
+ inherit git-r3
+else
+ SRC_URI="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
+ S="${WORKDIR}/fmt-${PV}"
+fi
+
+DEPEND=""
+RDEPEND=""
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+PATCHES=(
+ "${FILESDIR}/${P}-unsigned-char-strings-in-printf.patch"
+)
+
+multilib_src_configure() {
+ local mycmakeargs=(
+ -DFMT_CMAKE_DIR="$(get_libdir)/cmake/fmt"
+ -DFMT_LIB_DIR="$(get_libdir)"
+ -DFMT_TEST=$(usex test)
+ )
+ cmake_src_configure
+}