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undefined method `build' for an instance of Google::Protobuf::DescriptorPool (NoMethodError)

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
ruby
Domain
api

Research direction

Start by inspecting lib/gen/dependencies/gogoproto/gogo_pb.rb and the require path through lib/gen/temporal/api/filter/v1/message_pb.rb, then reproduce the failure with the reported Ruby and protobuf setup. Done means the generated API files load without the DescriptorPool NoMethodError and the affected dependency combination is covered by an appropriate verification.

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Description

Using 0d3a8bb9037d I get the following error:

/Users/russ/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/bundler/gems/temporal-ruby-0d3a8bb9037d/lib/gen/dependencies/gogoproto/gogo_pb.rb:8:in `<main>': undefined method `build' for an instance of Google::Protobuf::DescriptorPool (NoMethodError)

Google::Protobuf::DescriptorPool.generated_pool.build do
                                               ^^^^^^
	from /Users/russ/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.3.4/lib/ruby/3.3.0/bundled_gems.rb:74:in `require'
	from /Users/russ/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.3.4/lib/ruby/3.3.0/bundled_gems.rb:74:in `block (2 levels) in replace_require'
	from /Users/russ/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/bootsnap-1.18.3/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
	from /Users/russ/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/zeitwerk-2.6.17/lib/zeitwerk/kernel.rb:34:in `require'
	from /Users/russ/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/bundler/gems/temporal-ruby-0d3a8bb9037d/lib/gen/temporal/api/filter/v1/message_pb.rb:7:in `<main>'

% brew search protobuf
==> Formulae
protobuf ✔                          protobuf-c ✔                        protobuf@21                         protobuf@3                          swift-protobuf

==> Casks
protopie


russ@hai-lulzz-6 rails-app % brew info protobuf
==> protobuf: stable 27.1 (bottled)
Protocol buffers (Google's data interchange format)
https://protobuf.dev/
Installed
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/protobuf/27.1 (430 files, 14.6MB) *
  Poured from bottle using the formulae.brew.sh API on 2024-08-06 at 09:32:15
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/p/protobuf.rb
License: BSD-3-Clause
==> Dependencies
Build: cmake ✔, googletest ✘
Required: abseil ✔
==> Caveats
Emacs Lisp files have been installed to:
  /opt/homebrew/share/emacs/site-lisp/protobuf
==> Analytics
install: 65,632 (30 days), 186,459 (90 days), 714,851 (365 days)
install-on-request: 30,519 (30 days), 86,145 (90 days), 337,904 (365 days)
build-error: 319 (30 days)


russ@hai-lulzz-6 rails-app % brew info protobuf-c
==> protobuf-c: stable 1.5.0 (bottled), HEAD
Protocol buffers library
https://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c
Installed
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/protobuf-c/1.5.0_6 (15 files, 522.9KB) *
  Poured from bottle using the formulae.brew.sh API on 2024-08-06 at 09:32:16
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/p/protobuf-c.rb
License: BSD-2-Clause
==> Dependencies
Build: pkg-config ✔
Required: abseil ✔, protobuf ✔
==> Options
--HEAD
	Install HEAD version
==> Analytics
install: 5,803 (30 days), 16,589 (90 days), 69,602 (365 days)
install-on-request: 1,149 (30 days), 3,364 (90 days), 14,972 (365 days)
build-error: 10 (30 days)


russ@hai-lulzz-6 rails-app % ruby -v
ruby 3.3.4 (2024-07-09 revision be1089c8ec) [arm64-darwin24]
Dominant language
Ruby
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287
Forks
113
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