I'm getting the error in the title (
aead encrypted packet with unknown version 29
), when trying to decrypt an encrypted file created in the same environment (Termux on Android, if it matters):
$ gpgtar --encrypt --output e -r attilio test
$ ls
e test
$ gpgtar -d e
gpgtar: gpg: encrypted with cv25519 key, ID 74341D598FFF0056, created 2021-08-13
gpgtar: gpg: "attilio"
gpgtar: gpg: public key decryption failed: Not a typewriter
gpgtar: gpg: decryption failed: Not a typewriter
gpgtar: gpg: aead encrypted packet with unknown version 29
gpgtar: error running '/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/gpg': exit status 2
I got the usage from here .
**Question:** what does this error even mean, and how can I fix it?
(Google results only show the source code, so I guess it does not happen all that often.)
Asked by Attilio
(385 rep)
Aug 13, 2021, 08:31 PM
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