less module in an install profile [#1506474]

I've added less module to my install profile, which then fails because of hook_requirements():

  if (module_exists('libraries')) { // nope, it doesn't yet
    if ($lessphp_path = libraries_get_path('lessphp')) { // won't work even if it did -- there is no drupal_get_path() data available
      if (file_exists($lessphp_path .'/lessc.inc.php')) {
        $lessphp_include = $lessphp_path .'/lessc.inc.php';
      }
    }
  }

Issues on other modules with the same problem:
- #1283468: Install profile requirements trigger error
- #1027600: call to drupal_get_path() in hook_requirements() fails during install profile

However, in those cases they're trying to locate something inside the module's own directory so they can resort to fiddling with __FILE__. I'm not sure what kind of workarounds are possible here.

Comments

Comment #1

joachim CreditAttribution: joachim commented 28 March 2012 at 14:25

For anyone else with this problem, the workaround in an install profile is to remove 'less' from hook_profile_modules() and instead put this at the end of hook_profile_tasks():

    module_enable(array('less'));

Comment #2

corey.aufang CreditAttribution: corey.aufang commented 2 April 2012 at 22:23

Title:

impossible to have less module in an install profile

» less module in an install profile

Nice solution.

I'm going to make a quick change to the title for now and make a change to the documentation soon. Til that is done, I'm going to leave the issue open so its easily visible.