Problem loading a data-uri after updating to 2.0.0

[jessegrosjean]

Likely user error, but I can't seem to figure it out...

I just updated a number of packages, including updating the less-loader to version 2.0.0. In the process of doing those updates using a data-uri in my less file seems to have broke:

background-image: data-uri('image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8', 'dropIndicator.svg');

When I do that I get this error message:

ERROR in ./~/css-loader!./~/less-loader!./src/birch/style/style.less
Module build failed: error evaluating function `data-uri`: Cannot 'resolveSync' because the fileSystem is not sync. Use 'resolve'!
 @ /Users/jesse/Dropbox/Projects:Hacks/Birch/src/birch/style/style.less (line 267, column 19)
 near lines:
    content: "";
    background-image: data-uri('image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8', 'dropIndicator.svg');
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
 @ ./src/birch/style/style.less 4:14-246

Can someone tell me what must be done to fix the problem? I'm not sure what is meant by the "Use 'resolve'!" suggestion in the error message.

Thanks,
Jesse

[jhnns]

That's an issue with less (and has been fixed already)

See less/less.js#2360

[sethyuan]

How is it fixed? I don't see any relevancy there.

I'm having the exact problem, with the latest less 2.4.0 and the latest less-loader 2.0.0

[mdreizin]

@jhnns Unfortunately, it doesn't work for now.

[mdreizin]

@jhnns A quick note: data-uri(<resource>) will work if <resource> is defined under entry section of webpack.config.js

[jhnns]

I'll take a look

[joscha]

it only seems to happen when starting the webpack dev server from scratch. if the less file is already loaded and a url(...) statement is changed into data-uri() it seems to work...

[joscha]

the workaround with the url-loader in #38 seems to work for this problem as well...

[jhnns]

Fix shipped with 2.2.2