From a71690af8e0936bb4d460729506f2a4c28d10f7c 2014-09-17 18:04:12
From: Thomas Kluyver <takowl@gmail.com>
Date: 2014-09-17 18:04:12
Subject: [PATCH] Use batchmode in latex_to_png_dvipng

Latex is running into some unrelated error on my system, and making an
unseen prompt for output, which results in a test hanging. This turns
the hang into a failure.

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diff --git a/IPython/lib/latextools.py b/IPython/lib/latextools.py
index c475ce4..1a25003 100644
--- a/IPython/lib/latextools.py
+++ b/IPython/lib/latextools.py
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ def latex_to_png_dvipng(s, wrap):
 
         with open(os.devnull, 'w') as devnull:
             subprocess.check_call(
-                ["latex", "-halt-on-error", tmpfile], cwd=workdir,
-                stdout=devnull, stderr=devnull)
+                ["latex", "-halt-on-error", "-interaction", "batchmode", tmpfile],
+                cwd=workdir, stdout=devnull, stderr=devnull)
 
             subprocess.check_call(
                 ["dvipng", "-T", "tight", "-x", "1500", "-z", "9",