Merge pull request #3827 from tacaswell/config_abspath

efiring · efiring · commit 0ed216f96667 · 2014-12-31T17:50:39.000-10:00
ENH : make sure configdir is absolute path
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -582,8 +582,8 @@ def _get_config_or_cache_dir(xdg_base):
 
     configdir = os.environ.get('MPLCONFIGDIR')
     if configdir is not None:
+        configdir = os.path.abspath(configdir)
         if not os.path.exists(configdir):
-            from matplotlib.cbook import mkdirs
             mkdirs(configdir)
 
         if not _is_writable_dir(configdir):
