alpine-py38-ctypes.patch

diff --git a/lib/python/ctypes/ctypesgencore/ctypedescs.py b/lib/python/ctypes/ctypesgencore/ctypedescs.py
index 1b061ea1f..b04fba80e 100644
--- a/lib/python/ctypes/ctypesgencore/ctypedescs.py
+++ b/lib/python/ctypes/ctypesgencore/ctypedescs.py
@@ -297,8 +297,16 @@ class CtypesFunction(CtypesType):
         CtypesType.visit(self, visitor)

     def py_string(self):
+        at = []
+        for a in self.argtypes:
+            if a.py_string() == "String":
+                at.append("POINTER(String)")
+            elif a.py_string()[:5] == "union":
+                at.append("POINTER(%s)" % a.py_string())
+            else:
+                at.append(a.py_string())
         return 'CFUNCTYPE(UNCHECKED(%s), %s)' % (self.restype.py_string(),
-                                                 ', '.join([a.py_string() for a in self.argtypes]))
+                                                 ', '.join([a for a in at]))

 last_tagnum = 0

diff --git a/lib/python/ctypes/ctypesgencore/parser/ctypesparser.py b/lib/python/ctypes/ctypesgencore/parser/ctypesparser.py
index b64d38c9c..0a840acff 100644
--- a/lib/python/ctypes/ctypesgencore/parser/ctypesparser.py
+++ b/lib/python/ctypes/ctypesgencore/parser/ctypesparser.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class CtypesParser(CParser):
             isinstance(t.destination, CtypesSimple) and
             t.destination.name == "char" and
                 t.destination.signed):
-            t = CtypesSpecial("String")
+            t = CtypesSpecial("POINTER(String)")

         return t