Broadcom-wl installed daily but same version

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In diagnosing and trying to understand my wifi (ethernet used as primary) network, I have noticed that broadcom-wl gets updated virtually daily by “sudo zypper update”. In looking at history the installs all have the same version number. For example, it was updated for the last 3 days with version 6.30.223.271.

Are these really different updates or has, perhaps, some daily git upload become linked into zypper update?
Hardly a major issue but I would like to know whether these daily updates are indeed unique or do I have some peculiarity in my system.

thanks for any insights, tom kosvic

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@tckosvic wrong place to ask, it’s a third party package from Packman, you would need to ask on their Mailing List. https://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman

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I will post question there. Joining the packman forum need an approval that will take some time.
I will post answer here if I get one in case anyone else is curious.

tom kosvic

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I see that the full current version is 6.30.223.271-1699.24.pm.5 so there were at least 5 rebuilds (see .pm.5) of the same version.
I cannot tell if that is what you witnessed though.

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This is the last Version from Broadcom.
It is from 2015.

Thu Dec 10 08:37:28 UTC 2015 - mimi.vx@gmail.com

  • update to 6.30.223.271

I have added the Patch for kernel 6.14 a few days ago and submitted it to Manfred Holstein to get build in Packman.
So maybe that is the Problem?

Or is your Problem to get installed broadcom-wl without having such Hardware?

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I do not know how to get build info on a package. Yast software history just gives 6.30.223.271. Where does the build info come from?

Or is your Problem to get installed broadcom-wl without having such Hardware?

I have wifi hardware and software installed and enabled and running. Not sure what your reference is to.

I was just curious why there are nearly daily updates of this package that get installed.

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With

such hardware

I mean Wlan hardware, that needs brodcom -wl.

The Info about the Version is from the changelog File of broadcom-wl.

Post:
zypper se -si broadcom

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FYI, “broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-150600.24.pm.6.x86_64” was updated again today, 2/15/2025 @ 0900.

This looks like a different rebuild from 6.30.223.271-1699.24.pm.5 that @OrsoBruno posted above.

I think some kind of rebuilding is going on for broadcom-wl.

I have not yet received info that I have been accepted at Packman forum to be able to post this question.

Again, hardly an urgent issue. thanks, tom kosvic

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Don’t get confused. OrsoBruno posted the file name from the Tumbleweed repository.

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That’s a normal procedure.

If a new kernel is build or the tools for building have changed and something more.

Last build was from

buildwk1 finished “build pesign-repackage.spec” at Fri Feb 14 15:22:38 UTC 2025.

See:

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Please post executed as root:
grep -i broadcom /var/log/zypp/history

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Here is link to requested info re: zypp broadcom.

https://drive.proton.me/urls/ENSJMJFZYM#VPdh7W1idvnt

Let me know if this works. First time using proton drive.

tom kosvic

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Please do not use suchthings.
Better use Code-Tags or if the output is too much use susepaste.

PS
Does not work…

Auswahl_271
Auswahl_271520×456 24 KB

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