Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:

> reopen 65475
> thanks
>
> Eshel Yaron <me@eshelyaron.com> writes:
>
>>>> FWIW, I get the same non-empty `package-selected-packages` with Emacs
>>>> master built from source.  Indeed it looks like this issue isn't fully
>>>> fixed yet.
>>>
>>> Even if 610105ee81bbf79f72d4efb46d0caddf8d654cf1 was applied?
>>
>> Of course.
>
> Thanks for testing.  I'm reopening the bug.

Following Eshel's diagnosis, it seems it should be possible to solve the
bug by dynamically binding package-alist without the deleted package and
then updating the top-level value if everything went right: