backend_ps: fix non-ascii in path similar to #7715

tomspur · tomspur · commit 36b4b446d11c · 2017-02-05T11:01:41.000+01:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ def gs_version(self):
             pass
 
         from matplotlib.compat.subprocess import Popen, PIPE
-        s = Popen(self.gs_exe + " --version",
-                     shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
+        s = Popen([str(self.gs_exe), " --version"], stdout=PIPE)
         pipe, stderr = s.communicate()
         if six.PY3:
             ver = pipe.decode('ascii')
