diff --git a/science/paraview/files/patch-VTK_CMake_FindFreetype.cmake b/science/paraview/files/patch-VTK_CMake_FindFreetype.cmake
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+++ b/science/paraview/files/patch-VTK_CMake_FindFreetype.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+Fix configure with CMake >= 3.28.0
+
+CMake Error at /usr/local/lib/cmake/freetype/freetype-config.cmake:42 (message):
+  Some (but not all) targets in this export set were already defined.
+
+  Targets Defined: freetype
+
+  Targets not yet defined: Freetype::Freetype
+
+Call Stack (most recent call first):
+  /usr/local/share/cmake/Modules/FindFreetype.cmake:100 (find_package)
+  /usr/local/share/cmake/Modules/FindX11.cmake:351 (find_package)
+  VTK/CMake/vtkModule.cmake:4573 (find_package)
+  VTK/Rendering/UI/CMakeLists.txt:100 (vtk_module_find_package)
+
+Obtained from: https://github.com/Kitware/VTK/commit/f57e941ac8017daddb216143acbcb0550ad5599c
+
+--- VTK/CMake/FindFreetype.cmake.orig	2023-09-22 14:35:37 UTC
++++ VTK/CMake/FindFreetype.cmake
+@@ -63,6 +63,64 @@ directory of a Freetype installation.
+ # I'm going to attempt to cut out the middleman and hope
+ # everything still works.
+ 
++set(_Freetype_args)
++if (Freetype_FIND_QUIETLY)
++  list(APPEND _Freetype_args
++    QUIET)
++endif ()
++if (Freetype_FIND_VERSION)
++  list(APPEND _Freetype_args
++    "${Freetype_FIND_VERSION}")
++  if (Freetype_FIND_VERSION_EXACT)
++    list(APPEND _Freetype_args
++      EXACT)
++  endif ()
++endif ()
++set(_Freetype_component_req)
++set(_Freetype_component_opt)
++foreach (_Freetype_component IN LISTS Freetype_FIND_COMPONENTS)
++  if (Freetype_FIND_REQUIRE_${_Freetype_component})
++    list(APPEND _Freetype_component_req
++      "${_Freetype_component}")
++  else ()
++    list(APPEND _Freetype_component_opt
++      "${_Freetype_component}")
++  endif ()
++endforeach ()
++unset(_Freetype_component)
++if (_Freetype_component_req)
++  list(APPEND _Freetype_args
++    COMPONENTS "${_Freetype_component_req}")
++endif ()
++unset(_Freetype_component_req)
++if (_Freetype_component_opt)
++  list(APPEND _Freetype_args
++    OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS "${_Freetype_component_opt}")
++endif ()
++unset(_Freetype_component_opt)
++find_package(freetype CONFIG ${_Freetype_args})
++unset(_Freetype_args)
++if (freetype_FOUND)
++  if (NOT TARGET Freetype::Freetype)
++    add_library(Freetype::Freetype IMPORTED INTERFACE)
++    set_target_properties(Freetype::Freetype PROPERTIES
++      INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES freetype)
++  endif ()
++  get_property(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS TARGET freetype PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
++  get_property(FREETYPE_LIBRARIES TARGET freetype PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES)
++  get_property(_Freetype_location TARGET freetype PROPERTY LOCATION)
++  list(APPEND FREETYPE_LIBRARIES
++    "${_Freetype_location}")
++  unset(_Freetype_location)
++  set(Freetype_FOUND 1)
++  set(FREETYPE_VERSION_STRING "${freetype_VERSION}")
++  foreach (_Freetype_component IN LISTS Freetype_FIND_COMPONENTS)
++    set(Freetype_${_Freetype_component}_FOUND "${freetype_${_Freetype_component}_FOUND}")
++  endforeach ()
++  unset(_Freetype_component)
++  return ()
++endif ()
++
+ set(FREETYPE_FIND_ARGS
+   HINTS
+     ENV FREETYPE_DIR