bug#44907: 25.3.50; elpa auctex will not update or delete

[Elliott Roper]

M-x list-packages shows AucTex at version 11.88.6
an attempt to update comes back with either
AucTeX 11.92.tar not found
or

Failed to verify signature archive-contents.sig:
No public key for 066DAFCB81E42C40 created at 2020-11-27T10:05:05+0000 using RSA
Command output:
gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir 
'/Users/elliott/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs Emacs/Packages/elpa/gnupg'
gpg: Signature made Fri 27 Nov 10:05:05 2020 GMT
gpg:                using RSA key C433554766D3DDC64221BFAA066DAFCB81E42C40
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key


The key ID was shown in the error message, but adding it to my gpg keyring
even though it looked convincing
Name: GNU ELPA Signing Agent, e-mail elpasign@elpa.gnu.org
it did not improve matters

M-x list-packages will not let me delete AucTeX, it autocompletes to either of 
the three in this grab from the list

  
  auctex-latexmk     1.0.1         available  melpa-s... Add LatexMk support to 
AUCTeX
  auctex-latexmk     20160923.7    available  melpa      Add LatexMk support to 
AUCTeX
  auctex-lua         20151121.810  available  melpa      Lua editing support 
for AUCTeX

Near the end of the packages list just above the built-ins I see

  auctex             11.88.6       installed             Integrated environment 
for *TeX*

but that's the one I am trying to update or delete but I cannot get anything to 
happen.


I tried another route, downloading auctex-12.3.1.tar from 
http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/auctex.html
but cannot proceed because I can find no instructioins of where to put it.

I also tried deleting and re-installing Aquamacs.app stable version 3.5 instead 
of the 'nightly' I have been using.
This seemed reasonable because Aquamacs documentation said the AucTeX was 
bundled into it.

M-x list-packages then reported the same as above.
At present I cannot process LaTeX documents into pdf. ^C^A is not defined and 
using the LaTeX command from the
Aquamacs menubar offers a LaTeX error after 5 pages (the length of the expected 
pdf) with nothing in the error buffer.

I guess the problem is between my inexperience and the elpa mechanism 

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In Aquamacs 3.5  GNU Emacs 25.3.50.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin16.7.0, NS 
appkit-1504.83 Version 10.12.6 (Build 16G2016))
dated 2019-08-18 rev. 70b7398da506a9a53867909fa12e5cb3a07ba5c9 built on 
watson.local
Repository revision: 70b7398da506a9a53867909fa12e5cb3a07ba5c9
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Recent messages:
Package menu: Operation started [Upgrading 1]
package-install-from-archive: http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/auctex-11.90.2.tar: 
Not found
⇧X is undefined
insert-for-yank: Buffer is read-only: #<buffer *Packages*>
Quit
user-error: No previous help buffer
I is undefined
Quit [2 times]
<header-line> <wheel-right> is undefined
Quit [2 times]

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