@import (reference) "foo.less"; fails build with file not found error

[mikeacook]

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.lesscss:lesscss-maven-plugin:1.7.0.1.0:compile (default) on project test: Error while compiling LESS source: css/test.less: FileError: 'test.less' wasn't found in /var/folders/gr/vx891bvn2g7ds11njbzlnqf80000gn/T/tmp8429192458404082989less.tmp on line 1931, column 1:
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@import (reference) works just fine when using the javascript version of LESS on my pages, but when trying to build through lesscss-maven-plugin I get file not found errors. Is this intended to work, or is this unsupported by the plugin?

[chrylis]

I'm also seeing the same issue.

[julienmellerin]

Same issue here.

[rbarato]

+1

[polent]

Mee too. Local JS compiling works. Multiple Imports fail. Removing the multiple, (what I need) works

[isuftin]

❓ Any movement on this? I am also seeing the same issue :(

[rbarato]

Seems like this plugin is abandoned.. I gave it a try to update the less compile and then submit a merge request but my java skills didn't help so I went to a different solution and started using Grunt to compile LESS.

[isuftin]

8 pull requests, 45 open issues, no merges for almost a year? @rbarato you may be right 😢

Unfortunately, I still need a compile-time processor to include CSS in our web app artifacts.

[rbarato]

@isuftin I had to change a little our projects architecture to fit grunt tasks inside it but it worked fine, afterwards grunt became useful for other stuff that initially I thought it couldn't be done in a Java project.

[chrylis]

I've rolled over to using Mimosa and just calling out from the Maven build. It seems that the consensus is forming to just use a native toolchain for the HTML/CSS/JS bits and use exec-maven-plugin to run it.

[agabrys]

The problem with imports is caused by "incorrect manual processing". I noticed that the plugin is not developed for a long time, so I wrote my own (https://github.com/gabrysbiz/lesscss-maven-plugin). I currently work only on documentation (I will release it in 2-3 weeks). I'll be grateful for any comments.

Ps. Marcel sorry for advertising my plugin on your site.