http://www.perlmonks.org?node_id=1015749


in reply to Unzipping files in 5.8.7 version

Properly install IO::Uncompress::Gunzip instead of copying the files into the lib folder because Perl 5.8.x and 5.14.x are not binary compatible.

Update: Wow, uh, I guess I'm not paying attention today because marto already basically said the same thing.