Make lite version of Julia

Make.inc

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ USE_INTEL_JITEVENTS ?= 0
 USEICC  ?= 0
 USEIFC  ?= 0
 
+# Set to 1 to build a "lite" version of Julia
+BUILD_LITE ?= 0
+
 ifeq ($(USE_MKL), 1)
 $(warning "The julia make variable USE_MKL has been renamed to USE_INTEL_MKL")
 USE_INTEL_MKL = 1
@@ -91,7 +94,11 @@ JULIA_COMMIT = $(JULIA_VERSION)
 endif
 
 # Whether to use GPL libraries or not.
+ifeq ($(BUILD_LITE), 1)
+USE_GPL_LIBS ?= 0
+else
 USE_GPL_LIBS ?= 1
+endif
 
 # Directories where said libraries get installed to
 prefix ?= $(abspath julia-$(JULIA_COMMIT))

base/Makefile

@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ ifeq ($(USE_GPL_LIBS), 1)
 	@echo "const USE_GPL_LIBS = true" >> $@
 else
 	@echo "const USE_GPL_LIBS = false" >> $@
+endif
+ifeq ($(BUILD_LITE), 1)
+	@echo "const BUILD_LITE = true" >> $@
+else
+	@echo "const BUILD_LITE = false" >> $@
 endif
 	@echo "const libfftw_name = \"$(LIBFFTWNAME)\"" >> $@
 	@echo "const libfftwf_name = \"$(LIBFFTWFNAME)\"" >> $@

base/constants.jl

@@ -121,9 +121,12 @@ const golden = φ
 for T in (MathConst, Rational, Integer, Number)
     ^(::MathConst{:e}, x::T) = exp(x)
 end
-for T in (Range, BitArray, SparseMatrixCSC, StridedArray, AbstractArray)
+for T in (Range, BitArray, StridedArray, AbstractArray)
     .^(::MathConst{:e}, x::T) = exp(x)
 end
+if !BUILD_LITE
+    .^(::MathConst{:e}, x::SparseMatrixCSC) = exp(x)
+end
 ^(::MathConst{:e}, x::AbstractMatrix) = expm(x)
 
 log(::MathConst{:e}) = 1 # use 1 to correctly promote expressions like log(x)/log(e)

base/deprecated.jl

@@ -374,8 +374,10 @@ end
 end
 
 # 8898
+if !BUILD_LITE
 @deprecate precision(x::DateTime) eps(x)
 @deprecate precision(x::Date) eps(x)
+end
 
 @deprecate names(t::DataType) fieldnames(t)
 @deprecate names(v) fieldnames(v)