[protobuf] Where is the (meta) .proto file which describes .desc files?

Hi, Where is the (meta) .proto file which describes .desc files? I make .desc files with: "protoc --descriptor_set_out=foo.desc --include_imports foo.proto". Am I correct in believing that the .desc files are in protobuf format? If so, where can I get the .proto file which describes their form

Re: [protobuf] Where is the (meta) .proto file which describes .desc files?

On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Chris Dew wrote: > Where is the (meta) .proto file which describes .desc files? > > I make .desc files with: "protoc --descriptor_set_out=foo.desc > --include_imports foo.proto". > https://code.google.com/p/protobuf/source/browse/trunk/src/google/protobuf/descrip

Re: [protobuf] Where is the (meta) .proto file which describes .desc files?

Hi Oliver, That work perfectly. If you're a stackoverflow user, I'll accept your answer if you paste it there. Thanks, Chris. On Thursday, 5 September 2013 14:09:10 UTC+1, Oliver wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Chris Dew >wrote: > >> Where is the (meta) .proto file which describe

[protobuf] Error building the protobuf-2.5.0 example

Hi, I'm running on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit. I followed all the steps in the README.txt and configured, built and installed the protobuf-2.5.0 library. "make check" returned all successful. Then I tried to build the example in the /examples folder by using "make", as is stated in the readme file in