bpo-38691 Added a switch to ignore PYTHONCASEOK when -E or -I flags passed (#18314)

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Doc/library/functions.rst

@@ -1829,6 +1829,9 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
       Negative values for *level* are no longer supported (which also changes
       the default value to 0).
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.9
+      When the command line options :option:`-E` or :option:`-I` are being used,
+      the environment variable :envvar:`PYTHONCASEOK` is now ignored.
 
 .. rubric:: Footnotes
 

Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst

@@ -589,6 +589,9 @@ Changes in the Python API
   since the *buffering* parameter has been removed.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`39357`.)
 
+* The :mod:`importlib` module now ignores the :envvar:`PYTHONCASEOK`
+  environment variable when the :option:`-E` or :option:`-I` command line
+  options are being used.
 
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Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def _make_relax_case():
 
         def _relax_case():
             """True if filenames must be checked case-insensitively."""
-            return key in _os.environ
+            return not sys.flags.ignore_environment and key in _os.environ
     else:
         def _relax_case():
             """True if filenames must be checked case-insensitively."""

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-11-13-01-38.bpo-38691.oND8Sk.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The :mod:`importlib` module now ignores the :envvar:`PYTHONCASEOK`
+environment variable when :option:`-E` or :option:`-I` command line option is used.