# F3D make error in master?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/f3d-make-error-in-master/4607
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [June 17, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/f3d-make-error-in-master/4607 "2020-06-17T16:38:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/gregvernon/32/1494_2.png) [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/f3d-make-error-in-master/4607/1 "2020-06-17T16:38:56Z")

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I’ve just tried building the current master of F3D and am getting an error associated with this line: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/f3d/f3d/-/blob/master/src/vtkF3DMetaReader.cxx#L110](https://gitlab.kitware.com/f3d/f3d/-/blob/master/src/vtkF3DMetaReader.cxx#L110)

```auto
/apps/f3d/src/vtkF3DMetaReader.cxx:110:44: error: missing binary operator before token "("
  110 | #if VTK_VERSION_NUMBER >= VTK_VERSION_CHECK(9, 0, 20200616)
      | ^
make[2]: *** [src/CMakeFiles/f3d.dir/build.make:106: src/CMakeFiles/f3d.dir/vtkF3DMetaReader.cxx.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:96: src/CMakeFiles/f3d.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:152: all] Error 2

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Here are piped outputs from `cmake` and `make`  
[cmake\_log.log](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/mm2Bxt0CBYiqgkkb7iowWV12HBv.log) (1.4 KB)  
[make\_log.log](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/r6RTm8b9bT1qDnUgIBbFv5m7A1q.log) (951 Bytes)

@Michael @mwestphal

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### Author: ![GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/gregvernon/32/1494_2.png) [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/f3d-make-error-in-master/4607/2 "2020-06-17T16:49:55Z")

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I just noticed this merge request by @Michael [https://gitlab.kitware.com/f3d/f3d/-/merge\_requests/166](https://gitlab.kitware.com/f3d/f3d/-/merge_requests/166)

Is that expected to fix this issue?

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### Author: ![Michael](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/michael/32/16_2.png) [@Michael](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Michael)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/f3d-make-error-in-master/4607/3 "2020-06-17T19:31:38Z")

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Yes indeed, if you build F3D master against VTK 9.0, this MR will fix this build error.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/f3d-make-error-in-master/4607/4 "2020-06-18T07:44:10Z")

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@GregVernon : Since F3D is unrelated to ParaView in terms of code, please open a topic on VTK discourse next time 🙂

[https://discourse.vtk.org/](https://discourse.vtk.org/)