removed slstatus and just built it into dwm instead as it is really simple

.config/suckless/dwm/Makefile

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LDFLAGS  = ${LIBS}
 
 CC = gcc
 
-SRC = drw.c dwm.c util.c
+SRC = bar.c drw.c dwm.c util.c
 OBJ = ${SRC:.c=.o}
 
 all: dwm

.config/suckless/dwm/bar.c

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include "bar.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+const char* vol() {
+	static char buf[5];
+	float v;
+	FILE *fp = popen("wpctl get-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@", "r");
+	if (!fp || fscanf(fp, "Volume: %f", &v) != 1) return NULL;
+	pclose(fp);
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d%%", (int)(v * 100));
+	return buf;
+}
+
+const char* age() {
+	static char buf[5];
+	int days;
+	FILE *fp = popen("sh -c 'echo $(( ( $(date +%s) - $(stat -c %W /) ) / 86400 ))'", "r");
+	if (!fp || fscanf(fp, "%d", &days) != 1) return NULL;
+	pclose(fp);
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%dd", days);
+	return buf;
+}
+
+void execute_bar(char *out, size_t len) {
+    snprintf(out, len, "V: %s  A: %s", vol(), age());
+}

.config/suckless/dwm/bar.h

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#include "util.h"
+void execute_bar(char *out, size_t len);

.config/suckless/dwm/dwm.c

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
 #include <X11/Xft/Xft.h>
 
+#include "bar.h"
 #include "drw.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
@@ -649,6 +650,7 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m)
 		return;
 	/* draw status first so it can be overdrawn by tags later */
 	if (m == selmon) { /* status is only drawn on selected monitor */
+		execute_bar(stext, sizeof(stext));
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
 		tw = TEXTW(stext) - lrpad + 2; /* 2px right padding */
 		drw_text(drw, m->ww - tw, 0, tw, bh, 0, stext, 0);

.config/suckless/dwm/util.h

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <stddef.h>
 #define MAX(A, B)               ((A) > (B) ? (A) : (B))
 #define MIN(A, B)               ((A) < (B) ? (A) : (B))
 #define BETWEEN(X, A, B)        ((A) <= (X) && (X) <= (B))