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

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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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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Elliott Roper
+44 7454 402200 mobile, facetime
01663 747334 UK landline

bug#44907: Less of a problem after re-installing Aquamacs nightly

[Elliott Roper]

I now have an AucTeX that works, although not with the very latest version 
Elliott Roper
+44 7454 402200 mobile, facetime
01663 747334 UK landline

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

[Stefan Kangas]

forcemerge 35414 44907
thanks

Elliott Roper <elliott@yrl.co.uk> writes:

> 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

You are running a version of Emacs with an old key.  Please upgrade to
Emacs 26.3 or follow these instructions:

1. set package-check-signature to nil, e.g. M-: (setq
package-check-signature nil) RET
2. download the package gnu-elpa-keyring-update and run the function
with the same name, e.g. M-x package-install RET
gnu-elpa-keyring-update RET.
3. reset package-check-signature to the default value allow-unsigned

> 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
> Operating System: OS X Version 10.16 (Build 20B29)

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

[Stefan Kangas]

(Please keep the bug tracker in Cc.)

Elliott Roper <elliott@yrl.co.uk> writes:

> > You are running a version of Emacs with an old key.  Please upgrade to
> > Emacs 26.3 or follow these instructions:
> >
> > 1. set package-check-signature to nil, e.g. M-: (setq
> > package-check-signature nil) RET
> > 2. download the package gnu-elpa-keyring-update and run the function
> > with the same name, e.g. M-x package-install RET
> > gnu-elpa-keyring-update RET.
> > 3. reset package-check-signature to the default value allow-unsigned
> >
>
> Thanks for that. I chose your second method because Aquamacs has Emacs 25.3.50.1 built in.
> Everything went fine till I got to step 3
> I said:
> M: (setq package-check-signature allow-unsigned)
> It replied:
> eval: Symbol’s value as variable is void: allow-unsigned
>
> Please excuse my inexperience with lisp. I do not know how to tell it to use the default. Nor do I know how to ask it what the current value is. I guess it is still set to nil

Sorry, I copied the above instructions and didn't proofread them for
mistakes.  The third step should be:

    (setq package-check-signature 'allow-unsigned)

'C-h v' will tell you the value of a variable.  You can also use 'M-x
customize-option RET' which is usually the prefered way of setting
user-options.

> PS. FYI I was trying to get a bit of experience with the latest AucTeX because I have volunteered to help Wim Treese, the new maintainer of Aquamacs, prepare the documentation for a new version which among other things will allow it to follow Emacs versions better. I will need to learn elisp for that job, but a little help setting package-check-signature back to its default would be appreciated in case I have left it in a dangerous state.

If it is set to nil, that just means that signatures are not checked.
Since you used setq above, the value will reset to the default the
next time you restart Emacs.

Best of luck with your forays into Emacs Lisp!

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

[Stefan Monnier]

> 2. download the package gnu-elpa-keyring-update and run the function
> with the same name, e.g. M-x package-install RET
> gnu-elpa-keyring-update RET.

Side note: if all works according to the plan, the users shouldn't have
to run that command by hand because it is run when the package is installed.

> 3. reset package-check-signature to the default value allow-unsigned

Or to the value `t` as well, of course.


        Stefan

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

[Stefan Kangas]

unarchive 35414
forcemerge 35414 44907
thanks

Elliott Roper <elliott@yrl.co.uk> writes:

> Thanks. That worked perfectly.

Great, I'm therefore closing this bug.

[[For some reason, I have been unable to unarchive Bug#35414 to merge
these two bugs.  Trying again with this message.]]