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authorGravatar Philipp Wollermann <philwo@google.com>2015-06-10 15:59:14 +0000
committerGravatar Philipp Wollermann <philwo@google.com>2015-06-10 16:03:20 +0000
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+How to update these files:
+
+1. Go to http://search.maven.org/
+2. Search for g:"com.google.protobuf"
+3. Download the "jar" link from protobuf-java.
+4. Download all binaries from "protoc".
+5. Strip version number from protoc files: for i in *.exe; do mv $i $(echo $i | sed s/3.0.0-alpha-3-//); done
+6. Set executable bit: chmod +x *.exe
+7. Update third_party/BUILD to point to the new jar file.
+8. Done.
+