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Raise ImportError when cairocffi cannot load cairo #32400

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Catch OSError from cairocffi and raise as ImportError
iccir Sep 26, 2026
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Update lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_cairo.py
iccir Sep 28, 2026
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_cairo.py
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raise ImportError(
"cairo backend requires that pycairo>=1.14.0 or cairocffi "
"is installed") from err
except OSError as err:
raise ImportError("cairocffi could not load cairo") from err

from .. import _api, cbook, font_manager
from matplotlib.artist import BlendMode
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