CRL parsing with Crypt::X509::CRL

wpfontenot has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Can anyone give me an idication of why this code is throwing the error below?

#!/usr/bin/perl
#
use Convert::ASN1;
use Crypt::X509::CRL;
use Data::Dumper;

$crl = "./ent.crl";
$decoded = Crypt::X509::CRL->new( crl => $crl );

if ( $decoded->error ) {
        warn "Error on parsing Certificate Revocation List: ",
        $decoded->error;
}

print Dumper ($decoded);
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This error

Error on parsing Certificate Revocation List: decode error at /usr/loc
+al/share/perl5/Convert/ASN1/_decode.pm line 64.
$VAR1 = bless( {
                 '_error' => 'decode error at /usr/local/share/perl5/C
+onvert/ASN1/_decode.pm line 64.
'
               }, 'Crypt::X509::CRL' );
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Re: CRL parsing with Crypt::X509::CRL by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 30, 2013 at 21:49 UTC
You seem to be expecting decode to load the crl from a file. It doesn't. It is expecting you to pass it a string into which you have already loaded the crl. See http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GIGAGEEK/Crypt-X509-CRL-0.1/t/Crypt-X509-CRL.t With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]
Re^2: CRL parsing with Crypt::X509::CRL by wpfontenot (Initiate) on Oct 01, 2013 at 15:44 UTC
Thank you very much, I figured it would be a case of not seeing the forest for the trees.	[reply]

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