2 files changed, 12 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/puppet/modules/site_config/manifests/packages/build_essential.pp b/puppet/modules/site_config/manifests/packages/build_essential.pp
index c9efaafb..7dfb8b03 100644
--- a/puppet/modules/site_config/manifests/packages/build_essential.pp
+++ b/puppet/modules/site_config/manifests/packages/build_essential.pp
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 # include this whenever you want to ensure build-essential package and related compilers are installed.
 #
 class site_config::packages::build_essential {
-  if $install_build_essential == undef {
-    $install_build_essential = true
+  if !defined(Package['build-essential']) {
+    package {
+      ['build-essential', 'g++', 'g++-4.7', 'gcc', 'gcc-4.6', 'gcc-4.7', 'cpp', 'cpp-4.6', 'cpp-4.7', 'libc6-dev']:
+        ensure => present
+    }
   }
 }
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diff --git a/puppet/modules/site_config/manifests/packages/uninstall.pp b/puppet/modules/site_config/manifests/packages/uninstall.pp
index 2919cc96..12f527d9 100644
--- a/puppet/modules/site_config/manifests/packages/uninstall.pp
+++ b/puppet/modules/site_config/manifests/packages/uninstall.pp
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 #
-# this should be included last to allow other modules to set $::install_build_packages
+# Uninstall build-essential and compilers, unless they have been explicitly installed elsewhere.
 #
 class site_config::packages::uninstall {
-
-  if $site_config::packages::build_essential::install_essential == true {
-    $dev_packages_ensure = present
-  } else {
-    $dev_packages_ensure = absent
-  }
+  tag 'leap_base'
 
   # generally, dev packages are needed for installing ruby gems with native extensions.
   # (nickserver, webapp, etc)
 
-  package { [ 'build-essential', 'g++', 'g++-4.7', 'gcc',
-              'gcc-4.6', 'gcc-4.7', 'cpp', 'cpp-4.6', 'cpp-4.7', 'libc6-dev' ]:
-    ensure => $dev_packages_ensure
+  if !defined(Package['build-essential']) {
+    package {
+      ['build-essential', 'g++', 'g++-4.7', 'gcc', 'gcc-4.6', 'gcc-4.7', 'cpp', 'cpp-4.6', 'cpp-4.7', 'libc6-dev']:
+        ensure => purged
+    }
   }
-
 }
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