[utils] Improve update on error message somewhat

We still may want to implement a bulletproof check for the current version, and a better place to add this message so that it works for all kind of other errors too.
pull/4261/head
Philipp Hagemeister 10 years ago
parent aff2f4f4f5
commit 732ea2f09b

@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ def make_HTTPS_handler(opts_no_check_certificate, **kwargs):
pass # Python < 3.4
return compat_urllib_request.HTTPSHandler(context=context, **kwargs)
class ExtractorError(Exception):
"""Error during info extraction."""
def __init__(self, msg, tb=None, expected=False, cause=None, video_id=None):
@ -434,7 +435,13 @@ class ExtractorError(Exception):
if cause:
msg += ' (caused by %r)' % cause
if not expected:
msg = msg + '; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.'
if ytdl_is_updateable():
update_cmd = 'type youtube-dl -U to update'
else:
update_cmd = 'see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update'
msg += '; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug .'
msg += ' Make sure you are using the latest version; %s.' % update_cmd
msg += ' Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.'
super(ExtractorError, self).__init__(msg)
self.traceback = tb
@ -1419,3 +1426,10 @@ def is_outdated_version(version, limit, assume_new=True):
return version_tuple(version) < version_tuple(limit)
except ValueError:
return not assume_new
def ytdl_is_updateable():
""" Returns if youtube-dl can be updated with -U """
from zipimport import zipimporter
return isinstance(globals().get('__loader__'), zipimporter) or hasattr(sys, 'frozen')

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