Attached patch coming from matplotlib corrects the problem
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Fabrice Silva
--- trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py 2007/10/21 16:02:07 3975
+++ trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py 2007/11/02 12:55:51 4094
@@ -234,12 +234,11 @@
def checkdep_ghostscript():
try:
if sys.platform == 'win32':
- command = 'gswin32c -v'
+ command = 'gswin32c --version'
else:
- command = 'gs -v'
+ command = 'gs --version'
stdin, stdout = os.popen4(command)
- line = stdout.readlines()[0]
- v = line.split()[-2]
+ v = stdout.read()[:-1]
vtest = '.'.join(v.split('.')[:2]) # deal with version numbers like '7.07.1'
float(vtest)
return vtest
