diff --git a/cad/kicad-devel/files/patch-eeschema_sch__io_easyedapro_sch__io__easyedapro.cpp b/cad/kicad-devel/files/patch-eeschema_sch__io_easyedapro_sch__io__easyedapro.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02c96710df87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cad/kicad-devel/files/patch-eeschema_sch__io_easyedapro_sch__io__easyedapro.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+--- eeschema/sch_io/easyedapro/sch_io_easyedapro.cpp.orig	2024-10-11 09:03:05 UTC
++++ eeschema/sch_io/easyedapro/sch_io_easyedapro.cpp
+@@ -105,6 +105,31 @@ int SCH_IO_EASYEDAPRO::GetModifyHash() const
+ }
+ 
+ 
++// Explicitly define char traits for wxUniChar since it is not standard
++template<>
++struct nlohmann::detail::char_traits<wxUniChar> : std::char_traits<char32_t>
++{
++    using char_type = wxUniChar;
++    using int_type = uint32_t;
++
++    // Redefine to_int_type function
++    static int_type to_int_type(char_type c) noexcept
++    {
++        return static_cast<int_type>(c);
++    }
++
++    static char_type to_char_type(int_type i) noexcept
++    {
++        return static_cast<char_type>(i);
++    }
++
++    static constexpr int_type eof() noexcept
++    {
++        return ~0U;
++    }
++};
++
++
+ static LIB_SYMBOL* loadSymbol( nlohmann::json project, const wxString& aLibraryPath,
+                                const wxString& aAliasName, const std::map<std::string, UTF8>* aProperties )
+ {
diff --git a/cad/kicad-devel/files/patch-thirdparty_compoundfilereader_compoundfilereader.h b/cad/kicad-devel/files/patch-thirdparty_compoundfilereader_compoundfilereader.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be30bfbdd7da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cad/kicad-devel/files/patch-thirdparty_compoundfilereader_compoundfilereader.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- thirdparty/compoundfilereader/compoundfilereader.h.orig	2024-10-11 09:03:05 UTC
++++ thirdparty/compoundfilereader/compoundfilereader.h
+@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ struct helper
+     }
+ };
+ 
+-typedef std::basic_string<uint16_t> utf16string;
++typedef std::basic_string<char16_t> utf16string;
+ typedef std::function<int(const COMPOUND_FILE_ENTRY*, const utf16string& dir, int level)>
+     EnumFilesCallback;
+ 
+@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class CompoundFileReader (private)
+             utf16string newDir = dir;
+             if (dir.length() != 0)
+                 newDir.append(1, '\n');
+-            newDir.append(entry->name, entry->nameLen / 2);
++            newDir.append(reinterpret_cast<const char16_t*>(entry->name), entry->nameLen / 2);
+             EnumNodes(GetEntry(entry->childID), currentLevel + 1, maxLevel, newDir, callback);
+         }
+ 
diff --git a/cad/kicad-devel/files/patch-thirdparty_nanodbc_nanodbc_nanodbc.cpp b/cad/kicad-devel/files/patch-thirdparty_nanodbc_nanodbc_nanodbc.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6cfdd8b1abbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cad/kicad-devel/files/patch-thirdparty_nanodbc_nanodbc_nanodbc.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+--- thirdparty/nanodbc/nanodbc/nanodbc.cpp.orig	2024-10-11 09:03:05 UTC
++++ thirdparty/nanodbc/nanodbc/nanodbc.cpp
+@@ -255,10 +255,19 @@ constexpr std::size_t size(const T (&array)[N]) noexce
+ }
+ #endif
+ 
++inline std::size_t length(NANODBC_SQLCHAR const* s)
++{
++  std::size_t len = 0;
++  for (; *s != 0; ++s)
++    ++len;
++  return len;
++  
++}
++
+ template <std::size_t N>
+ inline std::size_t size(NANODBC_SQLCHAR const (&array)[N]) noexcept
+ {
+-    auto const n = std::char_traits<NANODBC_SQLCHAR>::length(array);
++    auto const n = length(array);
+     NANODBC_ASSERT(n < N);
+     return n < N ? n : N - 1;
+ }
+@@ -3589,9 +3598,9 @@ std::list<datasource> list_datasources()
+                 "incompatible SQLCHAR and string::value_type");
+ 
+             datasource dsn;
+-            dsn.name = string(&name[0], &name[std::char_traits<NANODBC_SQLCHAR>::length(name)]);
++            dsn.name = string(&name[0], &name[length(name)]);
+             dsn.driver =
+-                string(&driver[0], &driver[std::char_traits<NANODBC_SQLCHAR>::length(driver)]);
++                string(&driver[0], &driver[length(driver)]);
+ 
+             dsns.push_back(std::move(dsn));
+             direction = SQL_FETCH_NEXT;
+@@ -3642,7 +3651,7 @@ std::list<driver> list_drivers()
+                 "incompatible SQLCHAR and string::value_type");
+ 
+             driver drv;
+-            drv.name = string(&descr[0], &descr[std::char_traits<NANODBC_SQLCHAR>::length(descr)]);
++            drv.name = string(&descr[0], &descr[length(descr)]);
+ 
+             // Split "Key1=Value1\0Key2=Value2\0\0" into list of key-value pairs
+             auto beg = &attrs[0];