Re: Document how to set up TAP tests for Perl 5.8.8

On 18 November 2016 at 05:41, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 9:54 PM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> On 17 November 2016 at 10:42, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>>> But sure, if it's easier, we can have 5.8.0 in the README. What's five
>>> extra years matter anyway? Hey, while we're at it, lets change Pg to
>>> build on Borland C and require K&R style!
>>
>> Sorry. That was unnecessary. I should've had the sense to save that as
>> a draft and come back later.
>
> Well, *I* thought it was pretty funny...
>
> I remember K&R style rather fondly.  Of course it was inferior
> technically, but if you could get things to compile that way you could
> feel like a wizard for being able to make the old compiler work.

Rather. I remember getting modern software to compile on SCO
OpenServer 5.0.5 that way. *Twich* *twitch*.

Anyway, here's an updated patch with version changed to 5.8.4 since
that's the newest we test on the buildfarm (and it's from 2004).

I wasted a bunch of time getting set up to test for such an ancient
Perl and would love to save the next person along the hassle by
documenting the easy way.

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