protobuf: "A file with this name is already in the pool."

[heeplr]

Describe the bug

I'm using yowsup with transwhat and this looks like a yowsup issue (please correct me if I'm wrong):

/usr/bin/transwhat --debug --host 127.0.0.1 --port 33760 --service.backend_id=1 "-j" "whatsapp.example.com" "/etc/spectrum2/transports/transwhat-whatsapp.cfg"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python-exec/python3.9/transwhat", line 33, in <module>
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('transwhat==0.2.2', 'console_scripts', 'transwhat')())
  File "/usr/lib/python-exec/python3.9/transwhat", line 25, in importlib_load_entry_point
    return next(matches).load()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/importlib/metadata.py", line 86, in load
    module = import_module(match.group('module'))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1030, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 680, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 850, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 228, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/transWhat/transwhat.py", line 12, in <module>
    from yowsup.stacks import YowStack
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yowsup/stacks/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from .yowstack import YowStack, YowStackBuilder
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yowsup/stacks/yowstack.py", line 10, in <module>
    from yowsup.layers.protocol_messages           import YowMessagesProtocolLayer
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yowsup/layers/protocol_messages/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from .layer import YowMessagesProtocolLayer
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yowsup/layers/protocol_messages/layer.py", line 2, in <module>
    from .protocolentities import TextMessageProtocolEntity
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yowsup/layers/protocol_messages/protocolentities/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from .message_text import TextMessageProtocolEntity
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yowsup/layers/protocol_messages/protocolentities/message_text.py", line 1, in <module>
    from .protomessage import ProtomessageProtocolEntity
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yowsup/layers/protocol_messages/protocolentities/protomessage.py", line 3, in <module>
    from yowsup.layers.protocol_messages.protocolentities.attributes.converter import AttributesConverter
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yowsup/layers/protocol_messages/protocolentities/attributes/converter.py", line 1, in <module>
    from yowsup.layers.protocol_messages.proto.e2e_pb2 import Message
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yowsup/layers/protocol_messages/proto/e2e_pb2.py", line 15, in <module>
    from . import protocol_pb2 as protocol__pb2
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yowsup/layers/protocol_messages/proto/protocol_pb2.py", line 17, in <module>
    DESCRIPTOR = _descriptor.FileDescriptor(
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/google/protobuf/descriptor.py", line 982, in __new__
    return _message.default_pool.AddSerializedFile(serialized_pb)
TypeError: Couldn't build proto file into descriptor pool!
Invalid proto descriptor for file "protocol.proto":
  protocol.proto: A file with this name is already in the pool.

Config file

Not sure where to get the config from. (Kindly advice so I can provide all necessary info)

Versions

python: 3.9

yowsup-cli v3.2.1
using:
  yowsup v3.3.0
  consonance v0.1.5
  dissononce v0.34.3
  python-axolotl v0.2.3
  cryptography v37.0.2
  protobuf v3.19.3

To Reproduce

/usr/bin/transwhat --debug --host 127.0.0.1 --port 33760 --service.backend_id=1 "-j" "whatsapp.example.com" "/etc/spectrum2/transports/transwhat-whatsapp.cfg"

Expected behavior Startup of transwhat

OS (please complete the following information): Gentoo Linux

[heeplr]

Found protobuf issue #3002 that's most probably related.

[heeplr]

Bumping this as I still got that error with:

yowsup-cli v3.2.1
using:
  yowsup v3.3.0
  consonance v0.1.5-r1
  dissononce v0.34.3-r3
  python-axolotl v0.2.3-r3
  cryptography v39.0.1
  protobuf v21.9

Any hint appreciated.