Merge pull request matplotlib#20098 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-20096-on-v3.4.x

Backport PR matplotlib#20096 on branch v3.4.x (Ignore errors for sip with no setapi.)

Author: QuLogic

lib/matplotlib/backends/qt_compat.py

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def _setup_pyqt4_internal(api):
             for _sip_api in _sip_apis:
                 try:
                     sip.setapi(_sip_api, api)
-                except ValueError:
+                except (AttributeError, ValueError):
                     pass
         from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
         import sip  # Always succeeds *after* importing PyQt4.