Merge pull request #3277 from tacaswell/gs_check

MNT : better error handling on determining gs version
matplotlib · Jul 24, 2014 · 5680965 · 5680965
2 parents 69d5ef4 + ae62a35
commit 5680965
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def _fn_name(): return sys._getframe(1).f_code.co_name
 
 debugPS = 0
 
+
 class PsBackendHelper(object):
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@ def gs_exe(self):
         self._cached["gs_exe"] = gs_exe
         return gs_exe
 
-
     @property
     def gs_version(self):
         """
@@ -97,8 +97,11 @@ def gs_version(self):
             ver = pipe.decode('ascii')
         else:
             ver = pipe
-        gs_version = tuple(map(int, ver.strip().split(".")))
-
+        try:
+            gs_version = tuple(map(int, ver.strip().split(".")))
+        except ValueError:
+            # if something went wrong parsing return null version number
+            gs_version = (0, 0)
         self._cached["gs_version"] = gs_version
         return gs_version