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v8.x.x Breaks cssnext somehow #162

@JonathanWolfe

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@JonathanWolfe

After updating to 8.0.1 this morning color() functions via postcss-cssnext began failing to compile if they included a var() as the color reference. Rolling back to postcss-import@<8.0.0 fixed the compiling issue.

postcss.config.json

{
    "input": "./src/css/main.css",
    "output": "./compiled/css/bundle.min.css",
    "use": [ "postcss-import", "postcss-cssnext", "css-mqpacker", "cssnano" ],
    "local-plugins": true,
    "cssnano": {
        "discardComments": {
            "removeAll": true
        }
    }
}

package.json

"devDependencies": {
    "css-mqpacker": "latest",
    "cssnano": "latest",
    "postcss-cli": "latest",
    "postcss-cssnext": "latest",
    "postcss-import": "<8.0.0"
},

Error when using v8.0.1

postcss --config postcss.config.json
{ [Error: /Users/jonwolfe/repos/hopspot/src/css/base/_buttons.css:53:3: Unable to parse color from string "var(--purple)"]
  originalMessage: 'Unable to parse color from string "var(--purple)"',
  fileName: '/Users/jonwolfe/repos/hopspot/src/css/base/_buttons.css',
  lineNumber: 53,
  columnNumber: 3 }
child_process.js:507
    throw err;
    ^

buttons.css (lines 52-54)

&:active {
    background-color: color(var(--purple) blackness(+10%)) !important;
}

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