bug#59109: 29.0.50; package-tests failing since feature/package+vc merge

[Basil L. Contovounesios]

Several tests in test/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-tests.el have been failing
on my end since the following commit:

  Merge branch 'feature/package+vc'
  5fa2f11679 2022-11-04 18:57:45 +0100
  https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=5fa2f11679

The failures do not happen on the merge commit's first parent:

  * lisp/simple.el (function-documentation): Fix bug#59014
  616aa23d8a 2022-11-04 11:59:51 -0400
  https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=616aa23d8a

I attach a log of building Emacs followed by two invocations of
'make test/package-tests', the first using the suite's .el file and the
second using the .elc.  The failures are the same either way.  Each run
is preceded by "echo '>>> TEST EL[C]'" for easier locating in the log.

Let me know if you'd like me to run anything else on my end.

Thanks,

-- 
Basil

package-tests.txt.gz
Description: application/gzip

In GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
 3.24.34, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2022-11-07 built on tia
Repository revision: 5fa2f116799b8a7c17ff6eedd6e1b1af077c116b
Repository branch: HEAD
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12101004
System Description: Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid

Configured features:
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INOTIFY PDUMPER PNG RSVG SECCOMP SOUND SQLITE3 THREADS TIFF
TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS WEBP X11 XDBE XIM XINPUT2 XPM GTK3 ZLIB

Important settings:
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  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus
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Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
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  mouse-wheel-mode: t
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  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
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Load-path shadows:
None found.

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Memory information:
((conses 16 35905 6019)
 (symbols 48 5114 0)
 (strings 32 13075 1650)
 (string-bytes 1 370964)
 (vectors 16 9275)
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 (floats 8 21 23)
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