Backport PR #21662: FIX: put newline in matplotlibrc when setting default backend

QuLogic · meeseeksmachine · commit a0c51e1acb23 · 2021-11-19T21:55:00.000Z
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -222,6 +222,13 @@ jobs:
             fi
           fi
 
+          cat <<EOT >> mplsetup.cfg
+          [rc_options]
+          backend=Agg
+          EOT
+
+          cat mplsetup.cfg
+
           # All dependencies must have been pre-installed, so that the minver
           # constraints are held.
           python -m pip install --no-deps -e .
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def update_matplotlibrc(path):
         idx for idx, line in enumerate(template_lines)
         if "#backend:" in line]
     template_lines[backend_line_idx] = (
-        "#backend: {}".format(setupext.options["backend"])
+        "#backend: {}\n".format(setupext.options["backend"])
         if setupext.options["backend"]
         else "##backend: Agg")
     path.write_text("".join(template_lines))
