From c70733163faa4fd544b8fa3d4dfaa0bc3fc75318 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dongdong Tian <seisman.info@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 22:25:37 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] grdinfo workaround for GMT<=6.5 only

---
 pygmt/src/grdinfo.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pygmt/src/grdinfo.py b/pygmt/src/grdinfo.py
index 59d2547251f..e77dc83c0d0 100644
--- a/pygmt/src/grdinfo.py
+++ b/pygmt/src/grdinfo.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 grdinfo - Retrieve info about grid file.
 """
 
-from pygmt.clib import Session
+from packaging.version import Version
+from pygmt.clib import Session, __version__
 from pygmt.helpers import (
     GMTTempFile,
     build_arg_list,
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ def grdinfo(grid, **kwargs):
         A string with information about the grid.
     """
     # Workaround for upstream bug https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/gmt/issues/8525
-    grid_as_matrix = bool(kwargs.get("L"))
+    grid_as_matrix = Version(__version__) <= Version("6.5.0") and bool(kwargs.get("L"))
 
     with GMTTempFile() as outfile:
         with Session(grid_as_matrix=grid_as_matrix) as lib: