[Build] onnx-ml.pb.h was generated by a newer version of protoc

[tianleiwu]

Describe the issue

Build in Windows and encounter errors. I pip installed protobuf version 3.20.3.

The file onnx/onnx-ml.proto is like the following:

// Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
// source: onnx/onnx-ml.proto

#ifndef GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_onnx_2fonnx_2dml_2eproto
#define GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_onnx_2fonnx_2dml_2eproto

#include <limits>
#include <string>

#include <google/protobuf/port_def.inc>
#if PROTOBUF_VERSION < 3021000
#error This file was generated by a newer version of protoc which is
#error incompatible with your Protocol Buffer headers. Please update
#error your headers.
#endif
...

Urgency

No response

Target platform

windows 11

Build script

IF {%VCToolsVersion%}=={} call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64

set CudaToolkitDir=C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.8

call .\build.bat --config Release --build_dir .\build --build_shared_lib --parallel --build_wheel ^
            --cmake_generator "Visual Studio 17 2022" ^
            --use_cuda --cuda_version 11.8 --cuda_home "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.8" ^
            --cudnn_home C:\nvidia\cudnn-windows-x86_64-8.9.4.25_cuda11-archive ^
            --cmake_extra_defines CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=89 ^
            --cmake_extra_defines onnxruntime_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=OFF  ^
            --skip_tests

Error / output

D:\git\onnxruntime\build\Release\_deps\onnx-build\onnx/onnx-ml.pb.h(12,1): fatal  error C1189: #error:  This file was g
enerated by a newer version of protoc which is (compiling source file D:\git\onnxruntime\onnxruntime\python\onnxruntime
_pybind_schema.cc) [D:\git\onnxruntime\build\Release\onnxruntime_pybind11_state.vcxproj]
D:\git\onnxruntime\build\Release\_deps\onnx-build\onnx/onnx-ml.pb.h(12,1): fatal  error C1189: #error:  This file was g
enerated by a newer version of protoc which is (compiling source file D:\git\onnxruntime\onnxruntime\python\onnxruntime
_pybind_mlvalue.cc) [D:\git\onnxruntime\build\Release\onnxruntime_pybind11_state.vcxproj]
D:\git\onnxruntime\build\Release\_deps\onnx-build\onnx/onnx-ml.pb.h(12,1): fatal  error C1189: #error:  This file was g
enerated by a newer version of protoc which is (compiling source file D:\git\onnxruntime\onnxruntime\python\onnxruntime
_pybind_ortvalue.cc) [D:\git\onnxruntime\build\Release\onnxruntime_pybind11_state.vcxproj]
D:\git\onnxruntime\build\Release\_deps\onnx-build\onnx/onnx-ml.pb.h(12,1): fatal  error C1189: #error:  This file was g
enerated by a newer version of protoc which is (compiling source file D:\git\onnxruntime\onnxruntime\python\onnxruntime
_pybind_sparse_tensor.cc) [D:\git\onnxruntime\build\Release\onnxruntime_pybind11_state.vcxproj]
D:\git\onnxruntime\build\Release\_deps\onnx-build\onnx/onnx-ml.pb.h(12,1): fatal  error C1189: #error:  This file was g
enerated by a newer version of protoc which is (compiling source file D:\git\onnxruntime\onnxruntime\python\onnxruntime
_pybind_iobinding.cc) [D:\git\onnxruntime\build\Release\onnxruntime_pybind11_state.vcxproj]
D:\git\onnxruntime\build\Release\_deps\onnx-build\onnx/onnx-ml.pb.h(12,1): fatal  error C1189: #error:  This file was g
enerated by a newer version of protoc which is (compiling source file D:\git\onnxruntime\onnxruntime\python\onnxruntime
_pybind_state.cc) [D:\git\onnxruntime\build\Release\onnxruntime_pybind11_state.vcxproj]
D:\git\onnxruntime\build\Release\_deps\onnx-build\onnx/onnx-ml.pb.h(12,1): fatal  error C1189: #error:  This file was g
enerated by a newer version of protoc which is (compiling source file D:\git\onnxruntime\onnxruntime\python\onnxruntime
_pybind_state_common.cc) [D:\git\onnxruntime\build\Release\onnxruntime_pybind11_state.vcxproj]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\git\onnxruntime\tools\ci_build\build.py", line 2699, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "D:\git\onnxruntime\tools\ci_build\build.py", line 2592, in main
    build_targets(args, cmake_path, build_dir, configs, num_parallel_jobs, args.target)
  File "D:\git\onnxruntime\tools\ci_build\build.py", line 1496, in build_targets
    run_subprocess(cmd_args, env=env)
  File "D:\git\onnxruntime\tools\ci_build\build.py", line 801, in run_subprocess
    return run(*args, cwd=cwd, capture_stdout=capture_stdout, shell=shell, env=my_env)
  File "D:\git\onnxruntime\tools\python\util\run.py", line 49, in run
    completed_process = subprocess.run(
  File "C:\Users\tianl\.conda\envs\sdxl\lib\subprocess.py", line 526, in run
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Enterprise\\Common7\\IDE\\CommonExtensions\\Microsoft\\CMake\\CMake\\bin\\cmake.EXE', '--build', '.\\build\\Release', '--config', 'Release', '--', '/maxcpucount:32', '/nodeReuse:False', '/p:CL_MPCount=32']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

Visual Studio Version

2022 (17.7)

GCC / Compiler Version

No response

[snnn]

If you are using conda, create a new clean conda env without protobuf C++ packages there .

[tianleiwu]

Thanks for the hit.

In my case, creating new conda env did not work. I have to uninstall anaconda (including removing all existing conda envs), then reinstall anaconda and create a new conda env to resolve the issue.