vrms does not detect broadcom wireless driver as proprietary

Bug #1298145 reported by Lyn Perrine
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Bug Description

Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)
Release: 14.04
vrms:
  Installed: 1.16
  Candidate: 1.16
  Version table:
 *** 1.16 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
FIrst install the proprietary broadcom driver through jockey in the sowtware and sources. Then install vrms I expected my proprietary broadcom driver to show up as propritary in vrms.

INstead I only get these
             Non-free packages installed on trustytest as output when I have wl installed which shows on every part of launchpad.

libfaac0 AAC audio encoder (library)
unrar Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version)

             Contrib packages installed on trustytest

flashplugin-installer Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
ttf-mscorefonts-installer Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts
virtualbox x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
virtualbox-dkms x86 virtualization solution - kernel module sources fo
virtualbox-qt x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface

  2 non-free packages, 0.1% of 1872 installed packages.
  5 contrib packages, 0.3% of 1872 installed packages.

Start of apport bug information not vrms output.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: vrms 1.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-19.40-generic 3.13.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Wed Mar 26 19:06:28 2014
Dependencies:

InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-02 (84 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140101)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: vrms
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Lyn Perrine (walterorlin) wrote :
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