Dhcpcd doesn't hook and pacman wild

Question

Hi all, 
My install has been finished for a time now but I wanted to ask this:
1) During the installation, when trying to connect to the net with dhcpcd, my router proposed an address but dhcpcd did not hook. I had to use -d (debug/verbose) to see it and connect with the -r (request option). Did I do something wrong or there is a bug?
2) Pacman doesn't take wild cards i.e. '*' ? If not it makes it tedious is some app has many optional sub-packages.
Thanks,

Answer 1

TheBodziO wrote:
Could you maybe post dhcpcd parameters that you've used and a fragment of /var/log/everything.log after running dhcpcd? Perhaps this will help to solve your problem. I think that we should refrain from filing a bug before more detailed investigation.
Also… if you don't have time (or will) to deal with the situation (AFAICU it's an installation issue only) you can also set and use static ip as long as there are no other hosts using the same ip in your lan. In your case I assume correct setting should be: 192.168.1.110, netmask 255.255.255.0. It should work just as good as getting the ip via dhcp.
I think it is important to deal with the situation as if somebody else runs in it, he can find relevant info to solve it which is important *especially* during the installation process... Here is the tail of the log concerning the last use of dhcpcd:
Apr 23 17:40:12 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: dhcpcd 3.2.1 starting
Apr 23 17:40:12 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: hardware address = 00:1a:73:f2:7a:d1
Apr 23 17:40:12 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: broadcasting for a lease
Apr 23 17:40:12 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: sending DHCP_DISCOVER with xid 0x2ec0bcba
Apr 23 17:40:12 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: waiting on select for 20 seconds
Apr 23 17:40:13 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: got a packet with xid 0x2ec0bcba
Apr 23 17:40:13 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: offered 192.168.1.110 from 192.168.1.1
Apr 23 17:40:13 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: sending DHCP_REQUEST with xid 0x2ec0bcba
Apr 23 17:40:13 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: waiting on select for 19 seconds
Apr 23 17:40:16 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: sending DHCP_REQUEST with xid 0x2ec0bcba
Apr 23 17:40:19 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: sending DHCP_REQUEST with xid 0x2ec0bcba
Apr 23 17:40:22 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: sending DHCP_REQUEST with xid 0x2ec0bcba
Apr 23 17:40:25 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: sending DHCP_REQUEST with xid 0x2ec0bcba
Apr 23 17:40:28 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: sending DHCP_REQUEST with xid 0x2ec0bcba
Apr 23 17:40:31 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: sending DHCP_REQUEST with xid 0x2ec0bcba
Apr 23 17:40:32 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: timed out
Apr 23 17:40:32 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: trying to use old lease in `/var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0.info'
Apr 23 17:40:32 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: probing for an IPV4LL address
Apr 23 17:40:32 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: sending ARP probe #1
Apr 23 17:40:33 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: sending ARP probe #2
Apr 23 17:40:33 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: sending ARP probe #3
Apr 23 17:40:33 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: sending ARP claim #1
Apr 23 17:40:33 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: sending ARP claim #2
Apr 23 21:40:34 komuso avahi-daemon[5832]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 169.254.53.209.
Apr 23 17:40:34 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: using IPV4LL address 169.254.53.209
Apr 23 17:40:34 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: adding IP address 169.254.53.209/16
Apr 23 21:40:34 komuso avahi-daemon[5832]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS.
Apr 23 21:40:34 komuso avahi-daemon[5832]: Registering new address record for 169.254.53.209 on wlan0.IPv4.
Apr 23 17:40:34 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: no dns information to write
Apr 23 17:40:34 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: writing /var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0.info
Apr 23 17:40:34 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: forking to background
Apr 23 17:40:34 komuso dhcpcd[7158]: wlan0: exiting
Apr 23 17:40:34 komuso dhcpcd[7178]: wlan0: waiting on select for 10 seconds