[issue41444] CPython 3.8.5 fails to build on Windows with -E option

[Vladislav Mikhalin]

Vladislav Mikhalin <mikhalinvlad at gmail.com> added the comment:

The documentation states:
  -E  Don't fetch or build external libraries.  Extension modules that
      depend on external libraries will not attempt to build if this flag
      is present; -e is also accepted to explicitly enable fetching and
      building externals.

So, according to this, any module that is dependent on external libraries will not be built. Ant it was working with 3.7.5.

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