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Improve documentation about parallel builds with MinGW makefile

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In the note about building wxWidgets with MinGW makefile and using
parallel build, explain that "-jN" option cannot be used when building
"setup_h" target.

Closes #23642.
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@ -230,9 +230,11 @@ executed from a DOS command line window (cmd.exe, *not* Bash sh.exe).
for more details.
NOTE: For parallel builds, i.e. using `-jN` make option, please run
`mingw32-make -jN ... setup_h` first and then rerun the full
make command without `setup_h` at the end to work around a bug
in the current makefiles.
the make command first without the `-jN` option and with `setup_h`
target specified, e.g. `mingw32-make ... setup_h`. Only after that
run the make command with the same wxWidgets build options but now
with the `-jN` option and without `setup_h` target, e.g. `mingw32-make -j4 ...`.
All this is necessary to work around the bug in the makefile.
2. To verify your build, change the directory to `samples\minimal` and
run the same mingw32-make command (with the same parameters there),