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Installed Void Linux on my 2010 MacBook Pro
Installed Void Linux on my 2010 MacBook Pro
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"unable to open supervise/ok: file does not exist"
"unable to open supervise/ok: file does not exist"

i'm on a fresh base install and was trying to get wireless working. when trying to disable a service i accidentally put a space in "rm /var/service [service_name]" and deleted the directory. now after re-adding my services very few of them work and etc/runit/runsvdir is out of sync with /var/service, as in when i add a service to /var/service it doesn't update in /etc/runit/runsvdir.

the post title is the error i get when trying to start or check the status of a service that i freshly linked to /var/service but isn't present in /etc/runit/runsvdir. that file did exist but i deleted it and it came back and i deleted it again but it didn't come back. as you can see i'm flailing.

it being a fresh install i was tempted to just start over but getting it all configured on zfs (and having to start over multiple times because my laptop kept crashing) has been a chore and my hunch is i just need to re-link these directories. but i'm unsure how exactly i should do that or if i'm even correct.