[Bug 1878045] [NEW] doing dist-upgrade got error related do Broadcom

[joaorami]

Public bug reported:

I had a working 20.04 installation running, including the Broadcom Wifi. After upgrade to 20.10 the Broadcom Wifi is not working. I tried several suggestions and always end to an error similiar to this one: 
...
Building initial module for 5.4.0-30-generic
ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-5.4.0-30-generic is not supported
Error! Application of patch 0028-add-support-for-linux-5.6.patch failed.
Check /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/ for more information.
dpkg: error processing package bcmwl-kernel-source (--configure):
 installed bcmwl-kernel-source package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 6
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bcmwl-kernel-source
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-30.34-generic 5.4.34
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu33
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Mon May 11 17:16:43 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-22 (78 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: dist-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-05-07 (3 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeXorgFixuplog:
 INFO:root:/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade running
 INFO:root:No xorg.conf, exiting
mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2020-05-07T09:26:37.178586

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade groovy third-party-packages

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Title:
  doing dist-upgrade got error related do Broadcom

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I had a working 20.04 installation running, including the Broadcom Wifi. After upgrade to 20.10 the Broadcom Wifi is not working. I tried several suggestions and always end to an error similiar to this one: 
  ...
  Building initial module for 5.4.0-30-generic
  ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-5.4.0-30-generic is not supported
  Error! Application of patch 0028-add-support-for-linux-5.6.patch failed.
  Check /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/ for more information.
  dpkg: error processing package bcmwl-kernel-source (--configure):
   installed bcmwl-kernel-source package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 6
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   bcmwl-kernel-source
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  ...

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.10.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-30.34-generic 5.4.34
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-30-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu33
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Mon May 11 17:16:43 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-22 (78 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: dist-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-05-07 (3 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeXorgFixuplog:
   INFO:root:/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade running
   INFO:root:No xorg.conf, exiting
  mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2020-05-07T09:26:37.178586

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