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diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/vtk-7-python-compat.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/vtk-7-python-compat.patch
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+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/vtk-7-python-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Author: Gert Wollny <gewo@debian.org>
+Description: Work around compile bug with python 3.7.1
+Debian-Bug: https://bugs.debian.org/914347
+diff --git a/Wrapping/PythonCore/vtkPythonArgs.cxx b/Wrapping/PythonCore/vtkPythonArgs.cxx
+index 1b1e4b9..682f8b8 100644
+--- a/Wrapping/PythonCore/vtkPythonArgs.cxx
++++ b/Wrapping/PythonCore/vtkPythonArgs.cxx
+@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ bool vtkPythonGetStringValue(PyObject *o, T *&a, const char *exctext)
+   else if (PyUnicode_Check(o))
+   {
+ #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03030000
+-    a = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(o);
++    a = const_cast<char*>(PyUnicode_AsUTF8(o));
+     return true;
+ #else
+     PyObject *s = _PyUnicode_AsDefaultEncodedString(o, NULL);