Try to prevent backend screwery when importing matplotlib.pyplot.

astropy · Mar 4, 2015 · 8e17135 · 8e17135
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diff --git a/ah_bootstrap.py b/ah_bootstrap.py
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@
 # process can mitigate this (note importing matplotlib.pyplot has the same
 # issue)
 try:
+    import matplotlib
+    matplotlib.use('Agg')
     import matplotlib.pyplot
 except:
     # Ignore if this fails for *any* reason*

diff --git a/astropy_helpers/__init__.py b/astropy_helpers/__init__.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 # process can mitigate this (note importing matplotlib.pyplot has the same
 # issue)
 try:
+    import matplotlib
+    matplotlib.use('Agg')
     import matplotlib.pyplot
 except:
     # Ignore if this fails for *any* reason*