strange things with PGP::Pipe module

yce44 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello perl users!

I've got a problem with installing and using PGP::Pipe, I'll post the details .. hopefully somebody can help me:

I use Perl 5.10 on Slackware 13.0. The PGP::Pipe module acts strangely. I couldn't install it using CPAN shell and I donwloaded the module, untar it and:

perl Makefile.pl
make
make install
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But.. it didn't install it according to @INC, it seams it installed in current directory. If I type "perldoc PGP::Pipe" inside the installing directory, it shows the man page, if I type outside that directory.. is says "No documentation found". If I use CPAN shell, and type -i PGP::Pipe it says that the module is installed.

What's wrong? The @INC contains the current directory (.), but there are standard pahts too (like /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0 and so on). Any ideea or piece of advice would be welcomed.
Thanks!

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Re: strange things with PGP::Pipe module by zentara (Cardinal) on Oct 26, 2010 at 19:23 UTC
Where you root when doing the make install? OOps..... I just tried it... the module is bad.... it is from 1996 !!! You will have to copy the module into your @INC manually, and pray that the module still works. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh	[reply]
Re^2: strange things with PGP::Pipe module by yce44 (Initiate) on Oct 27, 2010 at 19:14 UTC
Thanks zentara, The module seemed bad since make test .. it couldn't find the Dumper.pm, althrough the Data::Dumper was installed. I had to manualy move Dumper.pm up one level. Moving manualy to a path in @INC didn't work, I'll put the .tgz in @INC where shourd be, untar and run make install there, hopefully it will work like installed properly. Or maybe I should look for another module for doing PGP stuff.	[reply]
Re^3: strange things with PGP::Pipe module by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Oct 28, 2010 at 07:43 UTC
The module does not work. It's broken; it's useless; it's a waste of time and energy even to try to get it to work---and that's the good part about it.	[reply]
Re^3: strange things with PGP::Pipe module by zentara (Cardinal) on Oct 28, 2010 at 11:38 UTC
Or maybe I should look for another module for doing PGP stuff.<\i> Try GnuPG I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh	[reply]