From 3be3f7dad5291aa53c633e3043768d7527e54148 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ray Speth <speth@mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 22:08:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Make updates for libfmt 5.0.0 backwards compatible

---
 include/cantera/base/fmt.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/cantera/base/fmt.h b/include/cantera/base/fmt.h
index 7cdb9d67b..211fe4e98 100644
--- a/include/cantera/base/fmt.h
+++ b/include/cantera/base/fmt.h
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 //! @file fmt.h Wrapper for either system-installed or local headers for fmt
+#ifndef CT_FMT_H
+#define CT_FMT_H
 #include "ct_defs.h"
 
 //! Do not use the fmt macro from fmtlib because it shadows a function of
@@ -18,3 +20,19 @@
   #endif
   #include "cantera/ext/fmt/ostream.h"
 #endif
+
+#if !defined(FMT_VERSION) || FMT_VERSION < 50000
+namespace fmt {
+using memory_buffer = MemoryWriter;
+}
+template <typename... Args>
+void format_to(fmt::memory_buffer& b, Args... args) {
+    b.write(args...);
+}
+inline std::string to_string(fmt::memory_buffer& b) {
+    return b.str();
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#endif