Must override at least one static content file or custom theme static content won't deploy

[dnadle]

Steps to reproduce

1. I created a custom theme with Magento/blank as parent, to override a template.
2. I did not override any static content. (nothing in the theme's web folder).
3. I ran bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

Expected result

The static content requests would fall back to load from the Magento/blank theme.

Actual result

All of the static content links in pub/static/theme 404'd.

Workaround

I added a logo file to theme/web/images and reran setup:static-content:deploy. This time all the files were generated in pub/static.

[zanilee]

Hi, @dnadle!

Thank you for reporting this issue.
Internal ticket MAGETWO-52102

[piotrekkaminski]

The issue is currently in progress.

[Krapulat]

Same problem in Magento 2.1.

[tarnagas]

Same problem in Magento 2.0.7

[wert2all]

Fixed

[pinkdigital]

This is still an issue in 2.1. Without an image in theme/web/image it ignores the theme.