savefig with pdf export in snow leopard causes a 'Bus error'

Community matplotlib-users
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tmp user$ python pdftest.py

Bus error

code:

import pylab as pl

from numpy import linspace

pl.plot(linspace(0,10,10))

pl.savefig(‘test.pdf’)

eps, png, jpg export works fine.

Another issue is that you must change the default snow leopard python to 32-bit to get matplotlib to work properly.