How to decrypt a message while preserving the signature?

[Mark H Weaver]

Hi Peter,

Peter Lebbing <peter at digitalbrains.com> wrote:
> Werner recently mentioned an undocumented command for this.[1]
>
> On 27/08/2019 11:30, Werner Koch via Gnupg-users wrote:
>> You can extra the signature from the encrypted+signed data:
>>
>>   gpg --unwrap -d -o SIG <ENC+SIG
>>
>> and then run
>>
>>   gpgv -o SIGNEDFILE SIG && echo verified!
>>
>> --unwrap is not documented and has the minor problem that it also keeps the
>> compression layer.  However, gpgv groks that compression layer and works
>> as with a standard signature.  The signature is on SIGNEDFILE which gpgv
>> outputs for you.
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> [1] https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2019-August/062619.html

Thanks very much Peter, this is what I was looking for.  I'm grateful.

     Regards,
       Mark