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Document `Makefile` variables in `hacking.md` (#9620)

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You can also build Nix for one of the [supported platforms](#platforms).
## Makefile variables
- `ENABLE_BUILD=yes` to enable building the C++ code.
- `ENABLE_TESTS=yes` to enable building the tests.
- `OPTIMIZE=1` to enable optimizations.
- `doc_generate=yes` to enable building the documentation (manual, man pages, etc.).
The docs can take a while to build, so you may want to disable this for local development.
## Building Nix
To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found: