add help blurb for "extralargefile" (#127710)

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The argument is a comma-separated list of words indicating the
resources to test. Currently only the following are defined:
all - Enable all special resources.
all - Enable all special resources.
none - Disable all special resources (this is the default).
none - Disable all special resources (this is the default).
audio - Tests that use the audio device. (There are known
cases of broken audio drivers that can crash Python or
even the Linux kernel.)
audio - Tests that use the audio device. (There are known
cases of broken audio drivers that can crash Python or
even the Linux kernel.)
curses - Tests that use curses and will modify the terminal's
state and output modes.
curses - Tests that use curses and will modify the terminal's
state and output modes.
largefile - It is okay to run some test that may create huge
files. These tests can take a long time and may
consume >2 GiB of disk space temporarily.
largefile - It is okay to run some test that may create huge
files. These tests can take a long time and may
consume >2 GiB of disk space temporarily.
network - It is okay to run tests that use external network
resource, e.g. testing SSL support for sockets.
extralargefile - Like 'largefile', but even larger (and slower).
decimal - Test the decimal module against a large suite that
verifies compliance with standards.
network - It is okay to run tests that use external network
resource, e.g. testing SSL support for sockets.
cpu - Used for certain CPU-heavy tests.
decimal - Test the decimal module against a large suite that
verifies compliance with standards.
walltime - Long running but not CPU-bound tests.
cpu - Used for certain CPU-heavy tests.
subprocess Run all tests for the subprocess module.
walltime - Long running but not CPU-bound tests.
urlfetch - It is okay to download files required on testing.
subprocess Run all tests for the subprocess module.
gui - Run tests that require a running GUI.
urlfetch - It is okay to download files required on testing.
tzdata - Run tests that require timezone data.
gui - Run tests that require a running GUI.
tzdata - Run tests that require timezone data.
To enable all resources except one, use '-uall,-<resource>'. For
example, to run all the tests except for the gui tests, give the