Can't compile rwd skin SCSS in Magento CE 1.9

Question

I am attempting to create a Magento skin based off of the rwd skin provided in CE 1.9 / EE 1.14. However when I attempt to compile the SCSS (on a clean install, aft

Answer 1

I too experienced this issue while doing exactly the same as Tom Griffin - creating a new custompackage/customtheme with rwd/default as the parent.

Copying core/_common.scss into my customtheme folder and removing the quotes as per Tom's initial message fixes the issue and allows compass to compile correctly.

It's quite poor that Magento is shipping with invalid SCSS files which don't compile. Certainly hasn't helped me when learning SASS and Compass for the first time!

As Tom postulated perhaps it's a SASS/Compass version or setting which the Magento theme developers have. I am using SASS 3.4.1 and Compass 1.0.0.

Thanks

Tom