[youtube] Add an extractor for Youtube recommended videos (":ytrec" keyword) (closes...

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / __init__.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 4628ae9332280932c7cb9e0ec83a47b27afe8d6d..eb23c53a570fa84eabd64ec7f83a2fc045a8727c 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     general.add_option('-v', '--version',
             action='version', help='print program version and exit')
     general.add_option('-U', '--update',
-            action='store_true', dest='update_self', help='update this program to latest version')
+            action='store_true', dest='update_self', help='update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
     general.add_option('-i', '--ignore-errors',
             action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', help='continue on download errors', default=False)
     general.add_option('--dump-user-agent',
@@ -591,7 +591,10 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
             if re.match('[0-9a-f]+', out):
                 sys.stderr.write(u'[debug] Git HEAD: ' + out + u'\n')
         except:
-            sys.exc_clear()
+            try:
+                sys.exc_clear()
+            except:
+                pass
         sys.stderr.write(u'[debug] Python version %s - %s' %(platform.python_version(), platform.platform()) + u'\n')
         sys.stderr.write(u'[debug] Proxy map: ' + str(proxy_handler.proxies) + u'\n')