Synth restarting application after update

[Gerard]

I use synth exclusively on my system. It works perfectly, with one exception. Some applications such as "dovecot" will fail after being updated if they are not restarted. How can I get synth to restart this application, in this example "dovecot" after it is rebuilt?

 

[PacketMan]

I never took the time to learn which applications can be left running during an upgrade, and which should or must be shutdown prior. And so I always took the safe approach: shutdown all my programs, let synth do it thing, and then start the applications back up.

 

[rigoletto@]

You actually can't, it is not part of the ports-mgmt/synth "business". However, you could use something like sysutils/fsc to automatically restart mail/dovecot (and/or any other daemon) every time it fail.

 

[dR3b]

Synth uses PKG, doesn't it? If so, you could use the following:

/usr/local/etc/pkg.conf

HANDLE_RC_SCRIPTS = true;

HANDLE_RC_SCRIPTS: boolean
When enabled, this option will automatically perform
start/stop of services during package installation and
deinstallation. Services are only started on
installation if they are enabled in /etc/rc.conf.
Default: NO.