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README: Explain how to bootstrap via MSYS2 on Windows

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Inspired-by: Bartosz Kosiorek <bartosz.kosiorek@tomtom.com>
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Windows
^^^^^^^
You need to download and install a binary release of CMake in order to build
CMake. You can get these releases from the `CMake Download Page`_. Then
proceed with the instructions below.
There are two ways for building CMake under Windows:
1. Compile with MSVC from VS 2015 or later.
You need to download and install a binary release of CMake. You can get
these releases from the `CMake Download Page`_. Then proceed with the
instructions below for `Building CMake with CMake`_.
2. Bootstrap with MinGW under MSYS2.
Download and install `MSYS2`_. Then install the required build tools::
$ pacman -S --needed git base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
and bootstrap as above::
$ ./bootstrap && make
.. _`CMake Download Page`: https://cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html
.. _`MSYS2`: https://www.msys2.org/
Building CMake with CMake
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