`youtube-dl -U` fails to update (update url is currently 404)

[alexandr-]

currently the url "https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/update/" will return a 404 so that the update mechanism will fail.

[dstftw]

https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/update/ is not use for updating in the first place.

>youtube-dl.exe -U
Updating to version 2018.11.03 ...
Waiting for file handle to be closed ...
>Updated youtube-dl to version 2018.11.03.

[alexandr-]

ok, let me rephrase: an older version i had installed failed:
" :~$ youtube-dl -U
ERROR: can't find the current version. Please try again later."

and https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/update.py#L34 still mentions that url?

[dstftw]

Most likely your python is too old and does not support TLS 1.2. Updating on such python versions won't work.
Again: https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/update/ is not used directly for updating.