---

#Speeds up the provisioning process as cache is not updated for every single package.
- name: Update package manager cache before installing packages.
  become: true
  package:
    update_cache: true

- name: Install packages
  package:
    name: "{{ packages | map(attribute='package') }}"
    update_cache: no
    #This makes the package module non-OS generic
    #https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/package_module.html
    #    state: latest
    #    install_recommends: no

#RHEL and Debian already has NodeJS in /usr/bin/node
#Unclear what this is supposed to fix
#- name: nodejs alternative
#  alternatives:
#    name: node
#    link: /usr/bin/node
#    path: /usr/bin/nodejs
#  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"

- name: Install Perl for building OpenSSL 1.1
  become: true
  package:
    name: "perl"
    state: present
  when: (ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] == "9") or (ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_facts['distribution_release'] == 'jammy')