eval-after-load weirdness

[Trent Buck]

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I'm noticing the most bizarre symptom with my .emacs[0]:
eval-after-load works right when passed a symbol, but not when passed
a string.  Some examples:

    $ emacs-unicode-2 -f toggle-debug-on-error `mktemp`
    Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable vc-directory-exclusion-list)
      add-to-list(vc-directory-exclusion-list ".bzr" t)
      eval((add-to-list (quote vc-directory-exclusion-list) ".bzr" t))
      eval-after-load("vc" (add-to-list (quote vc-directory-exclusion-list) 
".bzr" t))

    $ emacs-snapshot -f toggle-debug-on-error -f gnus
    Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable mail-mode-map)
      (define-key mail-mode-map "
" (quote mail-abbrev-insert-alias))
      (progn (define-key mail-mode-map "
" (quote mail-abbrev-insert-alias))
             (define-key mail-mode-map "       " (quote 
mail-abbrev-complete-alias)))
      eval((progn (define-key mail-mode-map "
" (quote 
mail-abbrev-insert-alias))
                  (define-key mail-mode-map "  " (quote 
mail-abbrev-complete-alias))))
      eval-after-load("sendmail" (progn (define-key mail-mode-map "
" (quote 
mail-abbrev-insert-alias))
                                        (define-key mail-mode-map "    " 
(quote mail-abbrev-complete-alias))))

Adding -q (i.e. disabling my .emacs) stops these errors.  I'm at my
wits end... can anyone suggest what could be causing this?

[0] http://twb.ath.cx/~twb/scratch/profile/.emacs
    http://twb.ath.cx/~twb/scratch/profile/.emacs-prefs/
    http://twb.ath.cx/~twb/scratch/profile/.emacs-apps/

In GNU Emacs 23.0.0.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2007-05-13 on baal, modified by Debian
 (Debian emacs-unicode-2 package, version 1:20070513-1)
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10300000
configured using `configure  '--build' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--host' 
'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' 
'--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' 
'--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' 
'--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs-unicode-2:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.0.0/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.0.0/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.0.0/leim'
 '--enable-font-backend' '--with-xft' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=athena' 
'--with-toolkit-scroll-bars' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 
'host_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -DSITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA=5000 
-g -O2''
-- 
Trent Buck

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