autoload-rubric no longer provides a feature by default

* lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el (autoload-rubric):
Stop providing a feature unless explicitly requested.
(autoload-find-generated-file): Update autoload-rubric call.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
index f6b09dcf31d..8fe94013700 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ expression, in which case we want to handle forms differently."
     ;; problems when the file contains non-ASCII characters.
     (with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect
                           (autoload-ensure-file-writeable file))
-      (if (zerop (buffer-size)) (insert (autoload-rubric file)))
+      (if (zerop (buffer-size)) (insert (autoload-rubric file nil t)))
       (current-buffer))))
 
 (defun autoload-generated-file ()
@@ -360,10 +360,7 @@ but adds an extra line to the output to modify `load-path'.
 
 If FEATURE is non-nil, FILE will provide a feature.  FEATURE may
 be a string naming the feature, otherwise it will be based on
-FILE's name.
-
-At present, a feature is in fact always provided, but this should
-not be relied upon."
+FILE's name."
   (let ((basename (file-name-nondirectory file))
         (lp (if (equal type "package") (setq type "autoloads"))))
     (concat ";;; " basename
@@ -372,15 +369,14 @@ not be relied upon."
             ";;; Code:\n\n"
             (if lp
                 ;; `load-path' should contain only directory names.
-                "(add-to-list 'load-path (directory-file-name (or (file-name-directory #$) (car load-path))))\n\n"
-              (concat
-               ;; This is used outside of autoload.el, eg cus-dep, finder.
-               "\n"
-               "(provide '"
-               (if (stringp feature)
-                   feature
-                 (file-name-sans-extension basename))
-               ")\n"))
+                "(add-to-list 'load-path (directory-file-name
+                         (or (file-name-directory #$) (car load-path))))\n\n")
+            "\n"
+            ;; This is used outside of autoload.el, eg cus-dep, finder.
+            (if feature
+                (format "(provide '%s)\n"
+                        (if (stringp feature) feature
+                          (file-name-sans-extension basename))))
             ";; Local Variables:\n"
             ";; version-control: never\n"
             ";; no-byte-compile: t\n"