[issue4120] Do not embed manifest files in *.pyd when compiling with MSVC

[egaudry]

egaudry <eg at fft.be> added the comment:

Hi Thomas,

I think we should open a new issue (child from issue 4120), just to make 
sure the whole thing remains understandable.

Regards,
Eloi

Thomas Heller wrote:
> Thomas Heller <theller at ctypes.org> added the comment:
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> I'm not sure this issue is really done.  The current state works fine, but there is one problem remaining:
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> There are Python extensions that seem to need a manifest pointing to the MSVC runtime libs:  dlls that start in-process com servers, like pythoncom.dll (from the PyWin32 extension), and also _ctypes.pyd plays this role.
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> First question: Open a new issue, or discuss it in this one (and repoen it)?
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