broadcom-sta-dkms 6.30.223.141-1: broadcom-sta kernel module failed to build [error: macro "__DATE__" might prevent reproducible builds]

Confirmed on MacBook Pro 13" 11,1 (mid 2014)

Wireless Extension is the only possible API for this kernel version
Using Wireless Extension API
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/3.16.0-10-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.141/build
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-10-generic'
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
Kernel architecture is X86_64
  LD /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.141/build/built-in.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.141/build/src/shared/linux_osl.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.141/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.141/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function ‘wl_dump_ver’:
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.141/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2039:3: error: macro "__DATE__" might prevent reproducible builds [-Werror=date-time]
   __DATE__, __TIME__, EPI_VERSION_STR);
   ^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.141/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2039:13: error: macro "__TIME__" might prevent reproducible builds [-Werror=date-time]
   __DATE__, __TIME__, EPI_VERSION_STR);
             ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target '/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.141/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.141/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o] Error 1
Makefile:1345: recipe for target '_module_/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.141/build' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.141/build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-10-generic'
Makefile:157: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

build log from dkms.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Error during upgrade on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn.
The Broadcom-sta-dkms module fails to build.

Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.16.0-16-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-16-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.16.0-16-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-16-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.16.0-16-generic (i686)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.141/build/make.log for more information.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.16.0-16-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-16-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-16-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.16.0-16-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-16-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.16.0-16-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-16-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.16.0-16-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-16-generic
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-16-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-16-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-14-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-14-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-13-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-13-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda1
done
Setting up qml-module-qtquick-window2:i386 (5.3.0-3ubuntu12) ...
Setting up qml-module-qtquick2:i386 (5.3.0-3ubuntu12) ...
Setting up apt-utils (1.0.9.1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up locales (2.13+git20120306-15) ...
Generating locales...
  en_AG.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_AU.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_BW.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_CA.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_DK.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_GB.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_HK.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_IE.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_IN.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_NG.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_NZ.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_PH.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_SG.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_US.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_ZA.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_ZM.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_ZW.UTF-8... up-to-date
  om_KE.UTF-8... up-to-date
Generation complete.
Setting up apt-transport-https (1.0.9.1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text (0.9.0-0ubuntu4) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up hipchat (2.2.1196) ...
Setting up linux-image-extra-3.16.0-16-generic (3.16.0-16.22) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
initrd.img(/boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-16-generic
) points to /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-16-generic
 (/boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-16-generic) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-extra-3.16.0-16-generic.postinst line 491.
vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-16-generic
) points to /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-16-generic
 (/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-16-generic) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-extra-3.16.0-16-generic.postinst line 491.
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.16.0-16-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-16-generic
run-parts: executing /...

Replacing the macro's __DATE__ and __TIME__ with empty strings gets around this error, but then other compilation problems come up. It looks like the module is not prepared for recent kernel versions :(

This appears to be fixed in the latest upstream version: 6.30.223.248-2

 @jsalisbury Really? I just downloaded 6.30.223.248 from [1] and still found `__DATE__` and `__TIME__` used in `src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c`. Haven't tried installing it, though.

[1] http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

@jsalisbury tried to install 6.30.223.248 from broadcom website. the error is not fixed.

@Nico, @Michael,

I downloaded the 6.30.223.248 source files from Lauchpad, which is what is used in Vivid: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248-2

I built a .deb package with this version and attached it to the bug. Can you see if this package installs and works properly?

Also, I backported the specific changes in 6.30.223.248-2 to 6.30.223.141, which should fix this issue. I attached the .deb package with the name:

broadcom-sta-dkms_6.30.223.141-1-PATCHED_all.deb

Can you test this package and see if it resolves this bug? If it does, we can perform an SRU request to include the patch in Utopic.

Here's the patch I created and used to build the broadcom-sta-dkms_6.30.223.141-1-PATCHED_all.deb package.

The attachment "broadcom-sta-dkms-6.30.223.141-Utopic.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

Installing the vivid dkms package in utopic fixed the problem for me.

Btw. here on vivid now the module fails to build again since 3.18.x.

bug 1408385 has been created for the failed build on Vivid with the 3.18 kernel.

Thougth this was fixed

Still a problem while upgrading to Ubuntu 14.10 from 14.04.

btw, it's causing the install for the kernels to fail because initrd creation is failing.

I'm having the same issue upgrading to 14.10 (from 14.04).

I am also using Broadcom Corporation BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03) (/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.141)

Has anyone got any ideas how to progress?
Thanks.

Sorry I didn't notice that a back port patch was attached above. I'm going to install that and see if this resolves the issue. Cheers.

The problem I have encountered is after I saw the error message I did uninstall the "broadcom-sta" package, but , even after removing it when I login into my account I get system report for error which is for broadcom-sta package.Is there any way to clean this package entirely from my system , because after installing "bcmwl*" package my wireless works.

utopic has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the utopic task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".