`make` does not work: `./tools/bin/protoc: No such file or directory`

[Dentrax]

$ git clone [email protected]:weaveworks/tf-controller.git
$ cdd tf-controller
$ make

./tools/bin/protoc --go_out=. --go_opt=Mrunner/runner.proto=runner/ --go-grpc_out=. --go-grpc_opt=Mrunner/runner.proto=runner/ runner/runner.proto
bash: line 1: ./tools/bin/protoc: No such file or directory
make: *** [gen-grpc] Error 127

Version: 279ac91ba1a015c128bfea18d8417e423bb9abea

[Dentrax]

Fixed the protoc path now it throws:

...
go: added sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2
go: added sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
/Users/furkan.turkal/go/src/tf-controller/bin/controller-gen object:headerFile="hack/boilerplate.go.txt" paths="./..."
bash: line 1: /Users/furkan.turkal/go/src/tf-controller/bin/controller-gen: No such file or directory
make: *** [generate] Error 127

[chanwit]

Please refer to the development guide. We use a very specific set of tools there. Feedback to the guide is also appreciated.

https://github.com/weaveworks/tf-controller/blob/main/DEVELOPMENT.md

[Dentrax]

We use a very specific set of tools there.

It's about installation path, not versions.

I already installed prerequisite tools as listed here. But this document does not indicate protoc binary must be in ./tools/bin/protoc. We can add this.

I'd expect the make should "just" work without any additional configuration to increase the overall UX.