FIX: ensure we import when the user cwd does not exist

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 962e60934dc9 · 2021-02-16T13:54:34.000-05:00
This is the only place that we directly access the cwd in the main
library.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -496,7 +496,11 @@ def matplotlib_fname():
     """
 
     def gen_candidates():
-        yield os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'matplotlibrc')
+        # rely on down-stream code to make absolute.  This protects us
+        # from having to directly get if the current working directory
+        # which can fail if the user has ended up with a cwd that is
+        # non-existent.
+        yield 'matplotlibrc'
         try:
             matplotlibrc = os.environ['MATPLOTLIBRC']
         except KeyError:
