From 5f41d9b3d5f3aa432a494bc8760f4e061e63ddd5 2013-03-04 23:03:36
From: MinRK <benjaminrk@gmail.com>
Date: 2013-03-04 23:03:36
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #2668: pylab_not_importable: Catch all exceptions, not just RuntimeErrors.

This catches situations when `pylab` isn't installed or fails for another
reason like:

  ImportError: No module named backend_tkagg

Closes gh-2646.

---

diff --git a/IPython/lib/tests/test_irunner_pylab_magic.py b/IPython/lib/tests/test_irunner_pylab_magic.py
index c7f405a..6536ba8 100644
--- a/IPython/lib/tests/test_irunner_pylab_magic.py
+++ b/IPython/lib/tests/test_irunner_pylab_magic.py
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ from IPython.lib import irunner
 from IPython.testing import decorators
 
 def pylab_not_importable():
-    """Test if importing pylab fails with RuntimeError (true when having no display)"""
+    """Test if importing pylab fails. (For example, when having no display)"""
     try:
         import pylab
         return False
-    except RuntimeError:
+    except:
         return True
 
 # Testing code begins