doc: Add note on installing Guix from Guix.

* README (Installing Guix from Guix): New section.
  Suggested by Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>.
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infrastructure; it reports an error if an inappropriate version of the infrastructure; it reports an error if an inappropriate version of the
above packages is being used. above packages is being used.
* Installing Guix from Guix
You can re-build and re-install Guix using a system that already runs Guix.
To do so:
- install the dependencies (see 'Requirements' above) using Guix
- re-run the configure script passing it the option
`--with-libgcrypt-prefix=$HOME/.guix-profile/'
- run "make" and "make install"
* How It Works * How It Works
Guix does the high-level preparation of a /derivation/. A derivation is Guix does the high-level preparation of a /derivation/. A derivation is