```ruby
#
# Cookbook Name:: build-essential
# Recipe:: fedora
#
# Copyright 2008-2013, Chef Software, 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.
#

potentially_at_compile_time do
  package 'autoconf'
  package 'bison'
  package 'flex'
  package 'gcc'
  package 'gcc-c++'
  package 'gettext'
  package 'kernel-devel'
  package 'make'
  package 'm4'
  package 'ncurses-devel'
end
```

Include patch on Fedora systems
user
```ruby
#
# Cookbook Name:: build-essential
# Recipe:: fedora
#
# Copyright 2008-2015, Chef Software, 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.
#

potentially_at_compile_time do
  package 'autoconf'
  package 'bison'
  package 'flex'
  package 'gcc'
  package 'gcc-c++'
  package 'gettext'
  package 'kernel-devel'
  package 'make'
  package 'm4'
  package 'ncurses-devel'
  package 'patch'
end
```
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