Gnupg2 - error unknown packet: type 20

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Issue

  • When tries to decrypt files encrypted with the version 2.3 of gnupg2 in a previous version 2.2.x, the task fail with this result (visible in verbose mode):

    :unknown packet: type 20
    
  • Which gnupg2 version supports AEAD?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
    • gnupg2-2.3.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    • gnupg2-2.2.x

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