Yeah, here is a working example. This script shows 2 ways, one is saving the key to a file and reading it back in, the other, just hard codes the file contents into a variable. I tried a few things to avoid a temp file, but no luck. There is a Content type for the write, but it dosn't seem to work for \scalar....it still writes a file. 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Crypt::DSA;
use Crypt::DSA::Key;

my $dsa = Crypt::DSA->new;

my $key = $dsa->keygen(Size => 512, Verbosity => 1);
$key->write( Type => 'PEM', Filename => 'zsave');

my $sig_msg = 'yadda yaddax yadda';

#my $key1 = Crypt::DSA::Key->new( Type=>'PEM', Filename => 'zsave' ); 

#this is the Content of the file zsave
my $pem =
'-----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY----- 
MIH3AgEAAkEAuu/8bF0QtFaU8Eo3XzJzyuwyfIEoCvYxzcx5dGkTa7przkVGPaJp 
n6uEPIueBQEP21+SmfebPpkbKF98gw+MSwIVAMGFQpGtsAWNedBzQ85p0CkTuKYZ 
AkBLciRf48J8u/LYz2FejmaPs88sKPt/mNLLfzOUz6LO0HqjXOq6vD0WzGcek0Z6 
VK9JD3r9eyclPNvsArZ7v/LaAkBxM58UjEqschS9r7Je28kCQ4eYC4lhkRq+pAot 
/kh86LBlohQZ6A6zgCyPiKNLT5VQ29vKW49f36XjYrIDUk21AhQdRFsMvKVp+W5C 
7L7i0FLp3tYb6w== 
-----END DSA PRIVATE KEY-----';

my $key1 = Crypt::DSA::Key->new( Type=>'PEM', Content => $pem );

print "$key1\n";
my $sig = $dsa->sign(Message=>$sig_msg, Key => $key1 );

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In reply to Re^5: How to Make Crypt::DSA use a your key to sign something by zentara
in thread How to Make Crypt::DSA use a your key to sign something by xorl

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