MNT: put inkscape history/config files in temp working directory

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 9e5fe1355ec8 · 2022-04-06T11:03:12.000-04:00
Inkscape will fail to create directories in /dev/null, be very unhappy
about this, and fail to convent all of the svg.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/testing/compare.py b/lib/matplotlib/testing/compare.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def __call__(self, orig, dest):
                 # just be reported as a regular exception below).
                 "DISPLAY": "",
                 # Do not load any user options.
-                "INKSCAPE_PROFILE_DIR": os.devnull,
+                "INKSCAPE_PROFILE_DIR": self._tmpdir.name,
             }
             # Old versions of Inkscape (e.g. 0.48.3.1) seem to sometimes
             # deadlock when stderr is redirected to a pipe, so we redirect it

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def __call__(self, orig, dest):`
`161`	`161`	`# just be reported as a regular exception below).`
`162`	`162`	`"DISPLAY": "",`
`163`	`163`	`# Do not load any user options.`
`164`		`- "INKSCAPE_PROFILE_DIR": os.devnull,`
	`164`	`+ "INKSCAPE_PROFILE_DIR": self._tmpdir.name,`
`165`	`165`	`}`
`166`	`166`	`# Old versions of Inkscape (e.g. 0.48.3.1) seem to sometimes`
`167`	`167`	`# deadlock when stderr is redirected to a pipe, so we redirect it`