Question

Out of nowhere, all of my stylesheets started throwing errors during compilation.

lessc static/css/styles.less
/gems/less-2.2.1/lib/less/js/lib/less/parser.js:385:31: .rounded_corners is undefined (Less::Error)

None of my mixins seem to be available in the main less file. The mixins.less file is imported at the very top of my stylesheet and is only imported once.

@import "mixins.less";
@import "reset.less";
@import "clearfix.less";
@import etc..

I’ve also checked each file for a Byte Order Mark, inspired by Variable Name Error "is undefined" even though "variables.less" imported, and even went back 4 weeks in this project’s git history (where I’m 100% sure compilation ran successfully). I have had no luck thus far.

Oddly enough, compilation runs successfully using SimpLESS and Less Compiler for Mac.

I’ve narrowed this down to an importing issue because if I attempt to use a mixin at the top of the stylesheet and error is thrown with that mixin’s name.

Anyone familiar with this situation?

I’m using version 2.2.1 of the Less Ruby Gem.

Answer 1

I think you need to be in the directory that contains the file you are trying to compile. Instead of running the command as:

lessc static/css/styles.less

try:

cd static/css
lessc styles.less