I could not reproduce this problem using a bogus myfile.tgz (I used a small text file). This script would die as expected. 
#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Archive::Extract;
my $ae = Archive::Extract->new( archive => 'myfile.tgz' );
my $ok = $ae->extract or die $ae->error;

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If you are on an older version of Archive::Extract, it may be worth updating to the most current version of Archive::Extract and trying again. If you still encounter the problem, perhaps something like Try::Tiny could help, 
#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Archive::Extract;
my $ae = Archive::Extract->new( archive => 'myfile.tgz' );
my $ok;

try{
    $ok = $ae->extract;
} catch {
    print "Caught!\n\n";
    die $ae->error; 
};

print "This ran after try/catch!\n";

exit;

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In reply to Re: Archive::Extract - error handling by kevbot
in thread Archive::Extract - error handling by luxs

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