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michael8rown

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[SOLVED] broadcom-wl not updating

Does anyone know why a package that's listed as having been recently updated at https://archlinux.org/packages/?sort=-last_update would  not be updating via pacman -Syu?

I'm specifically concerned with broadcom-wl. My Broadcom wireless stopped working after my most recent -Syu and I'm pretty sure it's because broadcom-wl did not update like it usually does when linux and linux-headers are updated. The version on my computer is stuck at 6.30.223.271-434 even though 6.30.223.271-436 is listed in the recent updates.

I've temporarily solved this by uninstalling broadcom-wl and installing broadcom-wl-dkms instead, but does anyone know why this update is not happening for me? I've done pacman -Syy several times and there's still no change.

Last edited by michael8rown (2022-12-24 01:42:36)

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] broadcom-wl not updating

What mirror is at the top of your list?

michael8rown

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Re: [SOLVED] broadcom-wl not updating

https://mirror.osbeck.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

michael8rown

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Re: [SOLVED] broadcom-wl not updating

I suppose I could just download it along with the signature file and install it manually using pacman -U, but I still don't understand why it isn't automatically updating via -Syu like it usually does.

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] broadcom-wl not updating

The community db on that mirror hasn't updated in two days, so the problem is that the mirror isn't syncing correctly. Pick a different one.

michael8rown

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Re: [SOLVED] broadcom-wl not updating

That solved it. Thank you.

michael8rown

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Re: [SOLVED] broadcom-wl not updating

The community db on that mirror hasn't updated in two days, so the problem is that the mirror isn't syncing correctly. Pick a different one.

Out of curiosity, how did you know the community db hasn't been updated? Is that information published somewhere?

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] broadcom-wl not updating

I simply looked at https://mirror.osbeck.com/archlinux/com … os/x86_64/

Slithery

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Re: [SOLVED] broadcom-wl not updating

You can look at the date of the community.db file...
https://mirror.osbeck.com/archlinux/com … os/x86_64/

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michael8rown

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Re: [SOLVED] broadcom-wl not updating

You can look at the date of the community.db file...
https://mirror.osbeck.com/archlinux/com … os/x86_64/

Thank you! That's the part I was missing. The files in question at that mirror (broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-436-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst and broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-436-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig) are current but I was still getting the old versions when I reverted. And as far as https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/#successful is concerned, that mirror is syncing successfully. Which I suppose doesn't matter if the db itself is out of date.

Thanks again.