Add libxcrypt MSYS2 builder #34
                
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This does a full client build of libxcrypt, using upstream's autotools based build chain on MSYS2, but using MSVC build tools. This requires wrappers for the MSVC build tools; ar-lib and compile are taken unmodified from automake; windres is a minimalist self-made wrapper.
A prerequisite is a suitable libxcrypt patched to support MSVC builds[1].
[1] besser82/libxcrypt#195
A test build is available at https://github.com/cmb69/winlib-builder/actions/runs/12279660573 (this should not be used for production; only for testing purposes).