--- /dev/null
+From: Carlos Maddela <e7appew@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 04:20:06 +1100
+Subject: Stop libav compatibility links from being considered as genuine.
+
+Description: Stop libav compatibility links from being considered as genuine.
+ Don't register version numbers for compatibility links, so that
+ youtube-dl stops complaining about avconv being outdated.
+Author: Carlos Maddela <e7appew@gmail.com>
+Origin: vendor
+Bug: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/pull/8720
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798936
+Last-Update: 2016-06-27
+---
+This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
+---
+ youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py | 9 +++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
+index fa99b0c..29beb48 100644
+--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
++++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
+@@ -98,11 +98,16 @@ class FFmpegPostProcessor(PostProcessor):
+ self._paths = dict(
+ (p, os.path.join(location, p)) for p in programs)
+ self._versions = dict(
+- (p, get_exe_version(self._paths[p], args=['-version']))
++ (p, get_exe_version(self._paths[p], args=['-version'],
++ version_re=r'%s\s+version\s+([-0-9._a-zA-Z]+)' % p,
++ unrecognized=False))
+ for p in programs)
+ if self._versions is None:
+ self._versions = dict(
+- (p, get_exe_version(p, args=['-version'])) for p in programs)
++ (p, get_exe_version(p, args=['-version'],
++ version_re=r'%s\s+version\s+([-0-9._a-zA-Z]+)' % p,
++ unrecognized=False))
++ for p in programs)
+ self._paths = dict((p, p) for p in programs)
+
+ if prefer_ffmpeg: