> IOW, maybe you should have called `package-refresh-contents`

I've tried that, but it doesn't work.

> Org has a messed up package versioning scheme, so maybe that

> got in the way (tho IIUC it should not be an issue here).

Could be. Though even if so, shouldn't adding (org . "gnu") to

`package-pinned-packages` demand that org be used from the gnu

repo even if it's built-in?

From a quick step through with the debugger it appears

that (package-install 'org) quits at `package-installed-p` in

`package-compute-transaction` without looking at the version,

which probably means I'm missing something.