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.
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