diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/texmanager.py b/lib/matplotlib/texmanager.py
index b61e8b7acff3..62aca98a32b6 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/texmanager.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/texmanager.py
@@ -258,16 +258,19 @@ def make_dvi(self, tex, fontsize):
basefile = self.get_basefile(tex, fontsize)
dvifile = '%s.dvi' % basefile
if not os.path.exists(dvifile):
- texfile = self.make_tex(tex, fontsize)
+ texfile = Path(self.make_tex(tex, fontsize))
# Generate the dvi in a temporary directory to avoid race
# conditions e.g. if multiple processes try to process the same tex
# string at the same time. Having tmpdir be a subdirectory of the
# final output dir ensures that they are on the same filesystem,
- # and thus replace() works atomically.
+ # and thus replace() works atomically. It also allows referring to
+ # the texfile with a relative path (for pathological MPLCONFIGDIRs,
+ # the absolute path may contain characters (e.g. ~) that TeX does
+ # not support.)
with TemporaryDirectory(dir=Path(dvifile).parent) as tmpdir:
self._run_checked_subprocess(
["latex", "-interaction=nonstopmode", "--halt-on-error",
- texfile], tex, cwd=tmpdir)
+ f"../{texfile.name}"], tex, cwd=tmpdir)
(Path(tmpdir) / Path(dvifile).name).replace(dvifile)
return dvifile
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