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ValueError: insecure string pickle #5314

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@corradio

When I run python -c "import matplotlib.animation", I get:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/animation.py", line 454, in <module>
    class AVConvWriter(AVConvBase, FFMpegWriter):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/animation.py", line 66, in wrapper
    if writerClass.isAvailable():
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/animation.py", line 266, in isAvailable
    creationflags=subprocess_creation_flags)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.10_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 710, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.10_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1334, in _execute_child
    child_exception = pickle.loads(data)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.10_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 1382, in loads
    return Unpickler(file).load()
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.10_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 858, in load
    dispatch[key](self)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.10_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 966, in load_string
    raise ValueError, "insecure string pickle"
ValueError: insecure string pickle

I'm using Python 2.7.10, matplotlib 1.4.3. Can you help?

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