Question

Until yesterday Sass was working just fine, now, Sass doesn’t compile my SCSS file anymore.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far but nothing fixes the problem:

1. Uninstalling current version of Sass and installing an older version
2. Installing the latest version of Sass
3. Uninstalling Ruby and installing the latest version
4. Rebooting my machine

Technical information:

• Win7 64b
• Sass version 3.2.3
• Compass version 0.12.2
• CMD commands used: sass --watch scss:css --style compact --compass --debug-info
• Editor: Sublime Text 2

Other information:

Something weird that happens is that if I write something incorrect in my .scss file, for example a four digit hex value for a color like #f00a and then run --watch, Sass immediately detects the problem, and rewrites the .css file with the error.

This means that Sass is, in some way, partially working.

After typing all the --watch commands, Sass initiates normally saying: >>> Sass is watching for changes. Press Ctrl-C to stop.

However, when I save my .scss file, Sass doesn’t compile anymore. It just stays there.

Has anyone else had this issue where Sass just stops compiling?

Thing is that now I can’t work on my projects anymore since there’s no way to create CSS files anymore, so any help on this is immensely appreciated.

Thanks.

–UPDATE

I’m still not able to compile.

However, after stopping the --watch I get a huge list of items in my CMD. In my home PC Sass is working fine and when I stop the --watch I don’t get any list like this one or anything:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

c:\...\www>sass --watch scss:css --style compact --compass --debug-info --trace
>>> Sass is watching for changes. Press Ctrl-C to stop.

C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/util/multibyte_string_sc anner.rb:36:in `scan': Interrupt from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/util/multibyte_string_scanner.rb:36:in `scan'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:1142:in `tok'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:865:in `value!'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:845:in `declaration'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:568:in `block in declaration_or_ruleset'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:1090:in `block in catch_error'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:1090:in `catch'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:1090:in `catch_error'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:567:in `declaration_or_ruleset'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:540:in `block_child'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:532:in `block_contents'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:521:in `block'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:515:in `ruleset'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:539:in `block_child'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:532:in `block_contents'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:70:in `stylesheet'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:27:in `parse'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/engine.rb:342:in `_to_tree'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/engine.rb:315:in `_render'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/engine.rb:262:in `render'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:341:in `update_stylesheet'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:203:in `block in update_stylesheets'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:201:in `each'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:201:in `update_stylesheets'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:235:in `watch'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/plugin.rb:107:in `method_missing'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/exec.rb:444:in `watch_or_update'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/exec.rb:307:in `process_result'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/exec.rb:41:in `parse'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/exec.rb:21:in `parse!'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/bin/sass:8:in `<top(required)>'
    from C:/Ruby193/bin/sass:23:in `load'
    from C:/Ruby193/bin/sass:23:in `<main>'
Terminate batch job (Y/N)?

Is there something wrong with the CSS parser or something?

Answer 1

I found the problem: One of the .scss files in my /scss folder was causing Sass to stop compiling.

The “problematic” file was an old copy of the project’s main .scss file, but when I compared that old version with the latest version, I only see a handful of differences in terms of properties, values and a media query at the bottom of the code.

Other than that, both, the “problematic” and “correct/working” files are pretty much 98% exactly the same.

Read a more extensive answer in the project’s issues list in GitHub: https://github.com/nex3/sass/issues/362#issuecomment-11255429