```ruby
#
# Cookbook Name:: build-essential
# Recipe:: smartos
#
# Copyright 2008-2013, Opscode, Inc.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
#

%w{
  build-essential
}.each do |pkg|

  r = package pkg do
    action( node['build_essential']['compiletime'] ? :nothing : :install )
  end
  r.run_action(:install) if node['build_essential']['compiletime']

end
```

Make build-essential backwards compatible for older SmartOS
user
```ruby
#
# Cookbook Name:: build-essential
# Recipe:: smartos
#
# Copyright 2008-2013, Opscode, Inc.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
#

# for backwards compatibility with older datasets
if shell_out("pkgin se build-essential").run_command.stdout =~ /No result/
  packages = %w(
    gcc47
    gcc47-runtime
    scmgit-base
    gmake
    pkg-config
    binutils
    m4
    patch)
else
  packages = %w(build-essential)
end

packages.each do |pkg|

  r = package pkg do
    action( node['build_essential']['compiletime'] ? :nothing : :install )
  end
  r.run_action(:install) if node['build_essential']['compiletime']

end
```
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