Merge pull request #28499 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-28498-on-v3.9.x

QuLogic · web-flow · commit 560fdc4dae7e · 2024-07-02T21:03:51.000-04:00
Backport PR #28498 on branch v3.9.x (Don't fail if we can't query system fonts on macOS)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py b/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py
@@ -266,8 +266,11 @@ def _get_fontconfig_fonts():
 @lru_cache
 def _get_macos_fonts():
     """Cache and list the font paths known to ``system_profiler SPFontsDataType``."""
-    d, = plistlib.loads(
-        subprocess.check_output(["system_profiler", "-xml", "SPFontsDataType"]))
+    try:
+        d, = plistlib.loads(
+            subprocess.check_output(["system_profiler", "-xml", "SPFontsDataType"]))
+    except (OSError, subprocess.CalledProcessError, plistlib.InvalidFileException):
+        return []
     return [Path(entry["path"]) for entry in d["_items"]]
 
 
